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Nature Photonics

Superconducting nanowire photon-number-resolving detector at telecommunication wavelengths

Alexander V. Divochiy, Francesco Marsili, David Bitauld, Alessandro Gaggero, Roberto Leoni, F. Mattioli, Alexander A. Korneev, Vitaliy Seleznev, N. Kaurova, Olga V. Minaeva, Gregory N Gol'tsman, Konstantinos G. Lagoudakis, Moushab Benkhaoul, Francis Lévy, Andrea Fiore

Published Apr 13, 2008• 406 citations
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10.1038/nphoton.2008.51

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