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Fluctuations in thin NbN Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors

M. Hofherr, K. Ilin, Alexej D. Semenov, Dagmar Rall, H. Bartoli, Andreas Engel, A. Schilling, Heinz‐Wilhelm Hübers, M. Siegel

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations
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