Experimental demonstration of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated with current reservoirs

Yuhao Cheng, Xiaoming Chi, Chao Gu, Kai Zou, Julien Zichi, Shufan Chen, Haiyi Liu, Val Zwiller, Xiaolong Hu

Published Jan 1, 2018• 1 citation

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate the superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated with current reservoirs that function as low-noise pre-amplifiers to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of detectors’ outputs.

DOI: 10.1364/cleopr.2018.w2g.6

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