Optimizing photon-number resolution with superconducting nanowire multi-photon detectors

Timon Schapeler; Fabian Schlue; Michael Stefszky; Benjamin Brecht; Christine Silberhorn; Tim J. Bartley

doi:10.1117/12.3054905

Optimizing photon-number resolution with superconducting nanowire multi-photon detectors

Quantum Physics 2025-06-04 v1

Authors: Timon Schapeler , Fabian Schlue , Michael Stefszky , Benjamin Brecht , Christine Silberhorn , Tim J. Bartley

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Abstract

In this paper we briefly review the state-of-the-art of intrinsic photon-number resolution (PNR) with superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) and will provide an overview of the various experimental techniques employed to achieve PNR. Additionally, we introduce a resolvability criterion to PNR based on SNSPDs.

Keywords

superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

Cite

@article{arxiv.2505.09271,
  title  = {Optimizing photon-number resolution with superconducting nanowire multi-photon detectors},
  author = {Timon Schapeler and Fabian Schlue and Michael Stefszky and Benjamin Brecht and Christine Silberhorn and Tim J. Bartley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.09271},
  year   = {2025}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures, SPIE Proceedings Paper

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