Infrared wavelength-dependent optical characterization of NbN nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors

Martin J. Stevens; R. H  Hadfield; Thomas Gerrits; Tracy S. Clement; Richard P. Mirin; Sae Woo Nam

doi:10.1080/09500340802322426

Infrared wavelength-dependent optical characterization of NbN nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors

Martin J. Stevens, R. H Hadfield, Thomas Gerrits, Tracy S. Clement, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam

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Abstract

We report optical characterization of NbN nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors as a function of wavelength in the near infrared. System detection efficiency decreases from 6% at 1.15 m to 2% at 1.72 m, while timing jitter remains relatively constant at 60 ps full-width-half-maximum over the range 0.7-2.0 m. We further demonstrate the capabilities of this detector with a time-correlated single-photon counting measurement of photoluminescence from a semiconductor sample emitting at 1.65 m.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	358-363
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Modern Optics
Volume	56
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340802322426
Publication status	Published - Jan 2009

Keywords

Infrared photodetectors
Single-photon detectors
Superconducting devices
Time-correlated single-photon counting

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