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Photon number resolving detection in commercially produced SNSPDs

Timothy M. Rambo, Jeremy S. Doredla, Hudson Jones, Leo Oshiro, Stephanie Boyd, Aaron Miller

Published Mar 12, 2024• 0 citations

Abstract

Many quantum applications will benefit significantly from photon number resolving detection. However, photon number resolving detectors have been largely experimental devices implemented in laboratory settings. Recent advances in superconducting nanowire device fabrication and readout techniques have enabled the implementation of photon number resolution in widely deployable commercial single-photon detection systems. We will discuss progress in implementing photon number resolved detection with commercially produced superconducting nanowire single photon detectors via spatial multiplexing of independently instrumented detector elements and photon number dependent rise-time changes in single-element nanowire devices.

DOI: 10.1117/12.2687215

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