• DocumentCode
    2087229
  • Title

    Superconducting optical single-photon detectors

  • Author

    Sobolewski, Roman ; Verevkin, A. ; Gol´tsman, G.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rochester Univ., NY
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    21-21 May 2004
  • Firstpage
    656
  • Lastpage
    657
  • Abstract
    We review the development of superconducting single-photon detectors. The devices are characterized by experimental quantum efficiency of ~8% for infrared photons, counting rate ~2 GHz, 18 ps jitter, and <0.01 per second dark counts
  • Keywords
    infrared detectors; photon counting; superconducting photodetectors; 18 ps; infrared photons; quantum efficiency; superconducting optical single-photon detectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-778-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1366939