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Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors and Multi-Photon Detectors

Kai Zou, Yun Meng, Nan Hu, Yifang Feng, Zifan Hao, Samuel Gyger, Stephan Steinhauer, Val Zwiller, Xiaolong Hu

Published Jan 1, 2022• 1 citation

Abstract

We present our research progress in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) and multi-photon detectors (SNMPDs), including fractal SNSPDs with reduced polarization sensitivity, two mechanisms of device timing jitter, and SNMPDs integrated with current reservoirs.

DOI: 10.1364/quantum.2022.qw3b.1

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