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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

Recent progress in the development of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPD) has delivered ex-cellent performance, and their increased adoption has had a great impact on a range of applications. One of the key…

We present an alternative approach to the fabrication of highly efficient superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) based on tungsten silicide. Using well-established technologies for the deposition of dielectric mirrors and…

In the past decade superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) have gradually become an indispensable part of any demanding quantum optics experiment. Until now, most SNSPDs are coupled to single-mode fibers. SNSPDs coupled to…

We present the performances of a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) in an ultralow-temperature region from 16 mK to 4 K. The system detection efficiency of the SNSPD showed saturation in the bias-current and temperature…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Taro Yamashita , Shigehito Miki , Wei Qiu , Mikio Fujiwara , Masahide Sasaki , Zhen Wang

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) offer high-quantum-efficiency and low-dark-count-rate single photon detection. In a growing number of cases, large magnetic fields are being incorporated into quantum microscopes,…

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) are the highest-performing technology for time-resolved single-photon counting from the UV to the near-infrared. The recent discovery of single-photon sensitivity in micrometer-scale…

Efficiently distinguishing photon numbers is a crucial yet challenging technology for various quantum information and quantum metrology applications. While superconducting transition edge sensors offer good photon-number-resolving (PNR)…

For the last 50 years, superconducting detectors have offered exceptional sensitivity and speed for detecting faint electromagnetic signals in a wide range of applications. These detectors operate at very low temperatures and generate a…

We report the fabrication of a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SSPD or SNSPD) with an ultralow dark count rate. By introducing optical band-pass filters at the input of the SSPD and cooling the filters at 3 K, the dark…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-08-27 H. Shibata , K. Shimizu , H. Takesue , Y. Tokura

Recent progress in the development of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) made of amorphous material has delivered excellent performances, and has had a great impact on a range of research fields. Despite showing the…

We experimentally investigated the detection performance of highly disordered NbxTi1-xN based superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs). The dependence on the composition of the transition temperature Tc for NbxTi1-xN films…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-10-28 Ruoyan Ma , Rui Shu , Xingyu Zhang , Aobo Yu , Huang Jia , You Xiao , Huiqin Yu , Xiaoyu Liu , Hao Li , Per Eklund , Xiaofu Zhang , Lixing You

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,…

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

We developed a four-channel superconducting nanowire single-photon detector system based on a Gifford-McMahon cryocooler. All channels showed a system detection efficiency (at a 100 Hz dark-count rate) higher than 16% at 1550 nm wavelength,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-13 Shigehito Miki , Taro Yamashita , Mikio Fujiwara , Masahide Sasaki , Zhen Wang

Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors (SNSPDs) are key building blocks for photonic quantum technologies due to their ability to detect single photons with ultra-high efficiency, low dark counts and fast temporal resolution.…

Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector (SNSPD) emerges as a potential candidate in the multiple fields requiring sensitive and fast photodetection. While nanowires of low temperature superconducting detectors are mature with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-13 Souvik Haldar , Arun Sehrawat , Krishna B. Balasubramanian

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

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

Significance: Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs; also known as SSPDs) show enormous promise for low-light biomedical imaging by offering exceptional sensitivity, picosecond timing resolution, and broad spectral…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-09 Emi Cora Valmai Hughes , Avinash Upadhya , Kishan Dholakia