The superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) is a quantum-limit
superconducting optical detector based on the Cooper-pair breaking effect by a single …

Single-photon detectors based on superconducting nanowires (SSPDs or SNSPDs) have
rapidly emerged as a highly promising photon-counting technology for infrared wavelengths …

Two decades after their demonstration, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
(SNSPDs) have become indispensable tools for quantum photonics as well as for many …

Single‐photon detectors and nanoscale superconducting devices are two major candidates
for realizing quantum technologies. Superconducting‐nanowire single‐photon detectors …

The rapid development of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors over the past
decade has led to numerous advances in quantum information technology. The record for …

In this paper we intend to give a comprehensive description of the current understanding of
the detection mechanism in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. We will …

Materials with a small superconducting energy gap are expected to favor a high detection
efficiency of low-energy photons in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. We …

Superconducting properties of three series of amorphous W x S i 1− x films with different
thickness and stoichiometry were investigated by dc transport measurements in a magnetic …

We fabricated and characterized nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors made
of 4 nm thick amorphous Mo x Si 1− x films. At 1.7 K the best devices exhibit a detection …

We report on the optimisation of amorphous molybdenum silicide thin film growth for
superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) applications. Molybdenum …