• DocumentCode
    3623695
  • Title

    Superconducting Single-Photon Detector for Near- and Middle ir Wavelength Range

  • Author

    K. Smirnov;A. Korneev;O. Minaeva;A. Divochij;I. Rubtsova;A. Antipov;S. Ryabchun;O. Okunev;I. Milostnaya;G. Chulkova;B. Voronov;N. Kaurova;V. Seleznev;Yu. Korotetskaya;G. Goltsman

  • Author_Institution
    Moscow State Pedagogical University, Malaya Pirogovskaya, 1, Moscow, 119992, Russia, Ph.: +7(495) 2468899, e-mail: smirnov@scontel.ru
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    684
  • Lastpage
    685
  • Abstract
    Presented in this paper are the results of research of NbN-film superconducting single-photon detector. At 2 K temperature, quantum efficiency in the visible light (0.56 mum) reaches 30-40 %. With the wavelength increase quantum efficiency decreases and comes to ~20% at 1.55 mum and ~0.02% at 5.6 mum. Minimum dark counts rate is 2times10-4s-1. The jitter of detector is 35 ps. The detector was successfully implemented for integrated circuits non-invasive optical testing. It is also perspective for quantum cryptography systems
  • Keywords
    "Infrared detectors","Helium","Jitter","Temperature sensors","Critical current","Gallium arsenide"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave and Telecommunication Technology, 2006. CriMiCO ´06. 16th International Crimean Conference
  • Print_ISBN
    966-322-006-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CRMICO.2006.256157
  • Filename
    4023439