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Fabrication and Characterization of Superconducting NbN Nanowire Single Photon DetectorsWe report on the fabrication and characterization of high-speed, single photon detectors using superconducting NbN nanowires at a wavelength of 1064 nm. A 15 by 15 micron detector with a detector efficiency of 40% has been measured. Due to kinetic inductance, the recovery time of such large area detectors is longer than that of smaller or single wire detectors. The recovery time of our detectors (50 ns) has been characterized by measuring the inter-arrival time statistics of our detector.
Document ID
20070032865
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Stern, Jeffrey A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Farr, William H.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
August 28, 2006
Subject Category
Electronics And Electrical Engineering
Meeting Information
Meeting: Applied Superconductivity Conference
Location: Seattle, WA
Country: United States
Start Date: August 28, 2006
End Date: September 1, 2006
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
single proton detectors
NbN
SNSPD

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