Research Article
Fiber Coupled Single Photon Detector with Niobium Superconducting Nanowire
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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-11731-2_26, author={Go Fujii and Daiji Fukuda and Takayuki Numata and Akio Yoshizawa and Hidemi Tsuchida and Shuichiro Inoue and Tatsuya Zama}, title={Fiber Coupled Single Photon Detector with Niobium Superconducting Nanowire}, proceedings={Quantum Communication and Quantum Networking. First International Conference, QuantumComm 2009, Naples, Italy, October 26-30, 2009, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={QUANTUMCOMM}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={Superconducting nanowire single photon detector Niobium Kinetic inductance}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-11731-2_26} }
- Go Fujii
Daiji Fukuda
Takayuki Numata
Akio Yoshizawa
Hidemi Tsuchida
Shuichiro Inoue
Tatsuya Zama
Year: 2012
Fiber Coupled Single Photon Detector with Niobium Superconducting Nanowire
QUANTUMCOMM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11731-2_26
Abstract
We have fabricated Niobium-based superconducting single photon detector (Nb-SSPD) for realizing high detection efficiency and fast reset time. The Nb-SSPD consisted of a 7 nm-thick and 200 nm-wide Nb meander line and exhibited the critical temperature and critical current density of 4 K and 4.6×10 A/cm, respectively. The Nb-SSPD was coupled to an optical fiber, and the reset time of 2.5 ns was observed with illumination of laser pulses at 1550 nm wavelength.
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