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Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) have emerged as essential devices that push the boundaries of photon detection with unprecedented sensitivity, ultrahigh timing precision, and broad spectral response. Recent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-02 Jun Gao , Jin Chang , Bruno Lopez Rodriguez , Iman Esmaeil Zadeh , Val Zwiller , Ali W. Elshaari

A large-format mid-infrared single-photon imager with very low dark count rates would enable a broad range of applications in fields like astronomy and chemistry. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are a mature…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-05 Benedikt Hampel , Richard P. Mirin , Sae Woo Nam , Varun B. Verma

We developed superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) based on tungsten silicide (WSi) that show saturated internal detection efficiency up to a wavelength of 10 um. These detectors are promising for applications in the…

We investigate the detection efficiency of a spiral layout of a Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector (SNSPD). The design is less susceptible to the critical current reduction in sharp turns of the nanowire than the conventional…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-07-04 D. Henrich , L. Rehm , S. Dörner , M. Hofherr , K. Ilin , A. Semenov , M. Siegel

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) have advanced various frontier scientific and technological fields such as quantum key distribution and deep space communications. However, limited by available cooling technology,…

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are among the most sensitive single-photon detectors available and have the potential to transform fields ranging from infrared astrophysics to molecular spectroscopy. However,…

Nitrogen-doped Tungsten-Rhenium superconducting alloys were recently proposed as a promising material platform for superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs), offering a favorable balance between high normal state resistivity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-26 F. Colangelo , Abhishek Kumar , H. Wang , F. Avitabile , C. Attanasio , I. Esmaeil Zadeh , C. Cirillo

Single Photon Detectors (SPD) are fundamental to quantum optics and quantum information. Superconducting Nanowire SPDs (SNSPD) [1] provide high performance in terms of quantum efficiency (QE), dark count rate (DCR) and timing jitter [2],…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-02 Mohsen K. Akhlaghi , A. Hamed Majedi

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors are capable of single-photon detection across a large spectral range, with near unity detection efficiency, picosecond timing jitter, and sub-10 $\mu$m position resolution at rates as high as…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-18 T. Polakovic , W. R. Armstrong , V. Yefremenko , J. E. Pearson , K. Hafidi , G. Karapetrov , Z. -E. Meziani , V. Novosad

The superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD) is a leading technology for quantum information science applications using photons, and they are finding increasing uses in photon-starved classical imaging applications. Critical…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-01 Clinton Cahall , Daniel J. Gauthier , Jungsang Kim

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) have an absolute advantage over other types of single photon detectors except the low operating temperature. Therefore, many efforts have been devoted to find high-temperature…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-01-17 Pusheng Yuan , Zhongtang Xu , Chen Li , Baogang Quan , Junjie Li , Changzhi Gu , Yanwei Ma

We demonstrate high-efficiency superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) fabricated from MoSi thin-films. We measure a maximum system detection efficiency (SDE) of 87 +- 0.5 % at 1542 nm at a temperature of 0.7 K, with a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-20 V. B. Verma , B. Korzh , F. Bussières , R. D. Horansky , S. D. Dyer , A. E. Lita , I. Vayshenker , F. Marsili , M. D. Shaw , H. Zbinden , R. P. Mirin , S. W. Nam

Predicting the behavior of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) is important as their use becomes more widespread in fields ranging from quantum computing to quantum remote sensing. Here, we present a vortex crossing…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-15 Daien He , Leif Bauer , Sathwik Bharadwaj , Zubin Jacob

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) combine high detection efficiency, low noise, and excellent timing resolution, making them a leading platform for photon-counting applications. However, despite decades of materials…

A superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD) system for telecommunication wavelength using a GM cryocooler was developed and its performance was verified. The cryocooler based SNSPD system can operate continuously with a 100 V…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-18 Shigehito Miki , Mikio Fujiwara , Masahide Sasaki , Zhen Wang

Over the past decade, multi-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) have emerged as the leading single-photon detection technology due to their exceptional system detection efficiency (SDE), ultrahigh timing…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-22 Amir Targholizadeh , Grigoriy Y. Nikulin , Pankaj K. Jha

We describe a micromachining process to allow the coupling of an array of single-mode telecommunication fibers to individual superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs). As proof of principle, we show the integration of four…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-12-21 Risheng Cheng , Xiang Guo , Xiaosong Ma , Linran Fan , King Y. Fong , Menno Poot , Hong X. Tang

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are efficient measurement devices used for counting single photons. The field of their applications covers experimental quantum-optical studies, optical quantum computing, quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-24 V. A. Uzunova , A. A. Semenov

We have fabricated ultrafast dark count-free soft X-ray single-photon detectors (X-SNSPDs) from TaN with various conduction path widths, and we compare their properties with corresponding data from a Nb X-SNSPD. The TaN X-SNSPDs offer an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-02-14 Kevin Inderbitzin , Andreas Engel , Andreas Schilling

Detecting non-classical light is a central requirement for photonics-based quantum technologies. Unrivaled high efficiencies and low dark counts have positioned superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) as the leading…