• DocumentCode
    1236297
  • Title

    Response time characterization of NbN superconducting single-photon detectors

  • Author

    Zhang, Jin ; Slysz, W. ; Verevkin, A. ; Okunev, O. ; Chulkova, G. ; Korneev, A. ; Lipatov, A. ; Gol´tsman, G.N. ; Sobolewski, Roman

  • Author_Institution
    Mater. Sci. Program, Univ. of Rochester, NY, USA
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    180
  • Lastpage
    183
  • Abstract
    We report our time-resolved measurements of NbN-based superconducting single-photon detectors. The structures are meander-type, 10-nm thick, and 200-nm wide stripes and were operated at 4.2 K. We have shown that the NbN devices can count single-photon pulses with below 100-ps time resolution. The response signal pulse width was about 150 ps, and the system jitter was measured to be 35 ps.
  • Keywords
    niobium compounds; photon counting; superconducting photodetectors; 4.2 K; NbN; NbN superconducting single photon detector; meander stripe; response time; system jitter; time resolution; Delay; Infrared detectors; Jitter; Laboratories; Laser theory; Optical films; Physics; Superconducting films; Superconducting photodetectors; Superconducting transition temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1051-8223
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TASC.2003.813675
  • Filename
    1211571