Packaging and Characterization of NbN Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are nanodevices usually made from thin niobium nitride (NbN) films. Operated at liquid helium temperature, they can exhibit high detection efficiency with low dark-counts associated with a fast response time and a low timing jitter. Covering...

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Main Author: Orgiazzi, Jean-Luc Francois-Xavier
Language:en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4453