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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Photon-Number Resolution in Conventional Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors: Theoretical Predictions

Kathryn L. Nicolich, Clinton Cahall, Nurul T. Islam, Gregory P. Lafyatis, Jungsang Kim, Daniel J. Gauthier

Published Jan 1, 2018• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate theoretically that a conventional single-pixel superconducting nanowire single-photon detector can resolve photon number by sensing changes in the rising edge of the electrical readout pulse.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2018.jth2a.8

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