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Optical properties of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

Vikas Anant, Andrew J. Kerman, Eric A. Dauler, Joel K. W. Yang, Kristine M. Rosfjord, Karl K. Berggren

Published Jul 3, 2008• 6 citations
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10.1364/oe.16.016750

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