The potential and challenges of time-resolved single-photon detection based on current-carrying superconducting nanowires
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ab4146
Abstract: Superconducting nanowire-based devices are being hailed as promising single photon detectors that could exhibit excellent combined properties. In particular, their unrivalled time-resolution ability has made these devices potentially revolutionary for the commercial ultrafast single photon… read more here.
Keywords: resolved single; photon detection; time; time resolved ... See more keywords
Towards single electron transistor-based photon detection with microplasma-enabled graphene quantum dots
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac2845
Abstract: Single-electron transistors (SETs) represent a new generation of electronic devices with high charge sensitivity, high switching speed, and low power consumption. Here a simple and controlled fabrication of graphene quantum dot (GQD)-based SETs for photon… read more here.
Keywords: photon detection; graphene quantum; single electron;
The DUNE vertical drift photon detection system
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DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/17/01/c01067
Abstract: The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a long-baseline neutrino experiment designed to mainly investigate oscillation parameters, supernova physics and proton decay. Its far detector will be composed of four liquid argon time projection chamber… read more here.
Keywords: vertical drift; detection system; drift; photon detection ... See more keywords
Optical Single-Photon Detection in Micrometer-Scale NbN Bridges
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevapplied.9.064037
Abstract: We demonstrate experimentally that single photon detection can be achieved in micron-wide NbN bridges, with widths ranging from 0.53 $\mu$m to 5.15 $\mu$m and for photon-wavelengths from 408 nm to 1550 nm. The microbridges are… read more here.
Keywords: photon; single photon; nbn bridges; photon detection ... See more keywords
Intrinsic Jitter in Photon Detection by Straight Superconducting Nanowires
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DOI: 10.1109/tasc.2018.2836989
Abstract: Timing jitter inherent in photon detection by superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors has different values and behaves differently for detection events originating in bends and in straights of nanowires. Generally, jitter is larger for events in… read more here.
Keywords: jitter; photon; photon detection; jitter photon ... See more keywords
Review of Measured Photon Detection Efficiencies of Microchannel Plates
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DOI: 10.1109/tns.2018.2877356
Abstract: In this paper, we examine the history of detection efficiency measurements of photons (soft to hard X-rays and beyond) with microchannel plates (MCPs). We investigate the detection efficiency as a function of photon energy over… read more here.
Keywords: detection; detection efficiency; photon detection; review measured ... See more keywords
High-voltage active quenching and resetting circuit for SPADs in 0.35 μm CMOS for raising the photon detection probability
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DOI: 10.1117/1.oe.58.4.040501
Abstract: A fully integrated single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) using a high-voltage quenching circuit fabricated in a 0.35-μm CMOS process is proposed. The quenching circuit features a quenching voltage of 9.9 V, which is three times the nominal… read more here.
Keywords: detection probability; voltage; high voltage; circuit ... See more keywords
Single photon detection in a waveguide-coupled Ge-on-Si lateral avalanche photodiode.
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DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.016130
Abstract: We examine gated-Geiger mode operation of an integrated waveguide-coupled Ge-on-Si lateral avalanche photodiode (APD) and demonstrate single photon detection at low dark count for this mode of operation. Our integrated waveguide-coupled APD is fabricated using… read more here.
Keywords: photon; waveguide coupled; avalanche; photon detection ... See more keywords
Temperature-dependent photon detection efficiency model for InGaAs/InP SPADs.
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DOI: 10.1364/oe.444536
Abstract: InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are nowadays employed in many photon-counting applications in the near-infrared range. Photon detection efficiency (PDE) is one of the most important parameters of these detectors and here we present a… read more here.
Keywords: model; photon detection; detection efficiency; ingaas inp ... See more keywords