High-detection efficiency and low-timing jitter with amorphous superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

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العنوان: High-detection efficiency and low-timing jitter with amorphous superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
المؤلفون: Caloz, Misael, Perrenoud, Matthieu, Autebert, Claire, Korzh, Boris, Weiss, Markus, Schönenberger, Christian, Warburton, Richard J., Zbinden, Hugo, Bussières, Félix
سنة النشر: 2017
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
Physics (Other)
Quantum Physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Quantum Physics, Condensed Matter - Superconductivity, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
الوصف: Recent progress in the development of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) made of amorphous material has delivered excellent performances, and has had a great impact on a range of research fields. Despite showing the highest system detection efficiency (SDE) ever reported with SNSPDs, amorphous materials typically lead to lower critical currents, which impacts on their jitter performance. Combining a very low jitter and a high SDE remains a challenge. Here, we report on highly efficient superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors based on amorphous MoSi, combining system jitters as low as 26 ps and a SDE of 80% at 1550 nm. We also report detailed observations on the jitter behaviour, which hints at intrinsic limitations and leads to practical implications for SNSPD performance.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1063/1.5010102
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1710.06740
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1710.06740
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv