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| Author | Morozov, P.; Lukina, M.; Shirmanova, M.; Divochiy, A.; Dudenkova, V.; Gol'tsman, G. N.; Becker, W.; Shcheslavskiy, V. I. | ||||
| Title | Singlet oxygen phosphorescence imaging by superconducting single-photon detector and time-correlated single-photon counting | Type  |
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| Year | 2021 | Publication | Opt. Lett. | Abbreviated Journal | Opt. Lett. |
| Volume | 46 | Issue | 6 | Pages | 1217-1220 |
| Keywords | SSPD, SNSPD, applications | ||||
| Abstract | This Letter presents, to the best of our knowledge, a novel optical configuration for direct time-resolved measurements of luminescence from singlet oxygen, both in solutions and from cultured cells on photodynamic therapy. The system is based on the superconducting single-photon detector, coupled to the confocal scanner that is modified for the near-infrared measurements. The recording of a phosphorescence signal from singlet oxygen at 1270 nm has been done using time-correlated single-photon counting. The performance of the system is verified by measuring phosphorescence from singlet oxygen generated by the photosensitizers commonly used in photodynamic therapy: methylene blue and chlorin e6. The described system can be easily upgraded to the configuration when both phosphorescence from singlet oxygen and fluorescence from the cells can be detected in the imaging mode. Thus, co-localization of the signal from singlet oxygen with the areas inside the cells can be done. | ||||
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| ISSN | 0146-9592 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:33720151 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Serial | 1221 | |||
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| Author | Zolotov, P. I.; Semenov, A. V.; Divochiy, A. V.; Goltsman, G. N.; Romanov, N. R.; Klapwijk, T. M. | ||||
| Title | Dependence of photon detection efficiency on normal-state sheet resistance in marginally superconducting films of NbN | Type |
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| Year | 2021 | Publication | IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. | Abbreviated Journal | IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. |
| Volume | 31 | Issue | 5 | Pages | 1-5 |
| Keywords | NbN SSPD, SNSPD | ||||
| Abstract | We present an extensive set of data on nanowire-type superconducting single-photon detectors based on niobium-nitride (NbN) to establish the empirical correlation between performance and the normal-state resistance per square. We focus, in particular, on the bias current, compared to the expected depairing current, needed to achieve a near-unity detection efficiency for photon detection. The data are discussed within the context of a model in which the photon energy triggers the movement of vortices i.e. superconducting dissipation, followed by thermal runaway. Since the model is based on the non-equilibrium theory for conventional superconductors deviations may occur, because the efficient regime is found when NbN acts as a marginal superconductor in which long-range phase coherence is frustrated. | ||||
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| ISSN | 1051-8223 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | Serial | 1222 | |||
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| Author | Zolotov, P.; Semenov, A.; Divochiy, A.; Goltsman, G. | ||||
| Title | A comparison of VN and NbN thin films towards optimal SNSPD efficiency | Type |
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| Year | 2021 | Publication | IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. | Abbreviated Journal | IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. |
| Volume | 31 | Issue | 5 | Pages | 1-4 |
| Keywords | NbN SSPD, SNSPD, WSi | ||||
| Abstract | Based on early phenomenological ideas about the operation of superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPD or SNSPD), it was expected that materials with a lower superconducting gap should perform better in the IR range. The plausibility of this concept could be checked using two popular SSPD materials – NbN and WSi films. However, these materials differ strongly in crystallographic structure (polycrystalline B1 versus amorphous), which makes their dependence on disorder different. In our work we present a study of the single-photon response of SSPDs made from two disordered B1 structure superconductors – vanadium nitride and niobium nitride thin films. We compare the intrinsic efficiency of devices made from films with different sheet resistance values. While both materials have a polycrystalline structure and comparable diffusion coefficient values, VN films show metallic behavior over a wide range of sheet resistance, in contrast to NbN films with an insulator-like temperature dependence of resistivity, which may be partially due to enhanced Coulomb interaction, leading to different starting points for the normal electron density of states. The results show that even though VN devices are more promising in terms of theoretical predictions, their optimal performance was not reached due to lower values of sheet resistance. | ||||
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| ISSN | 1051-8223 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | Serial | 1223 | |||
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| Author | Moshkova, M.; Divochiy, A.; Morozov, P.; Vakhtomin, Y.; Antipov, A.; Zolotov, P.; Seleznev, V.; Ahmetov, M.; Smirnov, K. | ||||
| Title | High-performance superconducting photon-number-resolving detectors with 86% system efficiency at telecom range | Type |
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| Year | 2019 | Publication | J. Opt. Soc. Am. B | Abbreviated Journal | J. Opt. Soc. Am. B |
| Volume | 36 | Issue | 3 | Pages | B20 |
| Keywords | NbN PNR SSPD, SNSPD | ||||
| Abstract | The use of improved fabrication technology, highly disordered NbN thin films, and intertwined section topology makes it possible to create high-performance photon-number-resolving superconducting single-photon detectors (PNR SSPDs) that are comparable to conventional single-element SSPDs at the telecom range. The developed four-section PNR SSPD has simultaneously an 86±3% system detection efficiency, 35 cps dark count rate, ∼2 ns dead time, and maximum 90 ps jitter. An investigation of the PNR SSPD’s detection efficiency for multiphoton events shows good uniformity across sections. As a result, such a PNR SSPD is a good candidate for retrieving the photon statistics for light sources and quantum key distribution systems. | ||||
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| ISSN | 0740-3224 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | Serial | 1225 | |||
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| Author | Baeva, E. M.; Sidorova, M. V.; Korneev, A. A.; Smirnov, K. V.; Divochy, A. V.; Morozov, P. V.; Zolotov, P. I.; Vakhtomin, Y. B.; Semenov, A. V.; Klapwijk, T. M.; Khrapai, V. S.; Goltsman, G. N. | ||||
| Title | Thermal properties of NbN single-photon detectors | Type |
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| Year | 2018 | Publication | Phys. Rev. Applied | Abbreviated Journal | Phys. Rev. Applied |
| Volume | 10 | Issue | 6 | Pages | 064063 (1 to 8) |
| Keywords | NbN SSPD, SNSPD | ||||
| Abstract | We investigate thermal properties of a NbN single-photon detector capable of unit internal detection efficiency. Using an independent calibration of the coupling losses, we determine the absolute optical power absorbed by the NbN film and, via resistive superconductor thermometry, the temperature dependence of the thermal resistance Z(T) of the NbN film. In principle, this approach permits simultaneous measurement of the electron-phonon and phonon-escape contributions to the energy relaxation, which in our case is ambiguous because of the similar temperature dependencies. We analyze Z(T) with a two-temperature model and impose an upper bound on the ratio of electron and phonon heat capacities in NbN, which is surprisingly close to a recent theoretical lower bound for the same quantity in similar devices. | ||||
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| ISSN | 2331-7019 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | Serial | 1226 | |||
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| Author | Smirnov, K.; Divochiy, A.; Vakhtomin, Y.; Morozov, P.; Zolotov, P.; Antipov, A.; Seleznev, V. | ||||
| Title | NbN single-photon detectors with saturated dependence of quantum efficiency | Type |
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| Year | 2018 | Publication | Supercond. Sci. Technol. | Abbreviated Journal | Supercond. Sci. Technol. |
| Volume | 31 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 035011 (1 to 8) |
| Keywords | NbN SSPD, SNSPD | ||||
| Abstract | The possibility of creating NbN superconducting single-photon detectors with saturated dependence of quantum efficiency (QE) versus normalized bias current was investigated. It was shown that the saturation increases for the detectors based on finer films with a lower value of Rs300/Rs20. The decreasing of Rs300/Rs20 was related to the increasing influence of quantum corrections to conductivity of superconductors and, in turn, to the decrease of the electron diffusion coefficient. The best samples have a constant value of system QE 94% at Ib/Ic ~ 0.8 and wavelength 1310 nm. | ||||
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| ISSN | 0953-2048 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | Serial | 1232 | |||
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| Author | Smirnov, K. V.; Divochiy, A. V.; Vakhtomin, Y. B.; Sidorova, M. V.; Karpova, U. V.; Morozov, P. V.; Seleznev, V. A.; Zotova, A. N.; Vodolazov, D. Y. | ||||
| Title | Rise time of voltage pulses in NbN superconducting single photon detectors | Type |
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| Year | 2016 | Publication | Appl. Phys. Lett. | Abbreviated Journal | Appl. Phys. Lett. |
| Volume | 109 | Issue | 5 | Pages | 052601 |
| Keywords | SSPD, SNSPD | ||||
| Abstract | We have found experimentally that the rise time of voltage pulse in NbN superconducting single photon detectors increases nonlinearly with increasing the length of the detector L. The effect is connected with dependence of resistance of the detector Rn, which appears after photon absorption, on its kinetic inductance Lk and, hence, on the length of the detector. This conclusion is confirmed by our calculations in the framework of two temperature model. D.Yu.V. acknowledges the support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 15-42-02365). K.V.S. acknowledges the financial support from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Contract No. 3.2655.2014/K). |
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| ISSN | 0003-6951 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Author | Sidorova, M.; Semenov, Alexej D.; Hübers, H.-W.; Ilin, K.; Siegel, M.; Charaev, I.; Moshkova, M.; Kaurova, N.; Goltsman, G. N.; Zhang, X.; Schilling, A. | ||||
| Title | Electron energy relaxation in disordered superconducting NbN films | Type |
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| Year | 2020 | Publication | Phys. Rev. B | Abbreviated Journal | Phys. Rev. B |
| Volume | 102 | Issue | 5 | Pages | 054501 (1 to 15) |
| Keywords | NbN SSPD, SNSPD, HEB, bandwidth, relaxation time | ||||
| Abstract | We report on the inelastic-scattering rate of electrons on phonons and relaxation of electron energy studied by means of magnetoconductance, and photoresponse, respectively, in a series of strongly disordered superconducting NbN films. The studied films with thicknesses in the range from 3 to 33 nm are characterized by different Ioffe-Regel parameters but an almost constant product qTl (qT is the wave vector of thermal phonons and l is the elastic mean free path of electrons). In the temperature range 14–30 K, the electron-phonon scattering rates obey temperature dependencies close to the power law 1/τe−ph∼Tn with the exponents n≈3.2–3.8. We found that in this temperature range τe−ph and n of studied films vary weakly with the thickness and square resistance. At 10 K electron-phonon scattering times are in the range 11.9–17.5 ps. The data extracted from magnetoconductance measurements were used to describe the experimental photoresponse with the two-temperature model. For thick films, the photoresponse is reasonably well described without fitting parameters, however, for thinner films, the fit requires a smaller heat capacity of phonons. We attribute this finding to the reduced density of phonon states in thin films at low temperatures. We also show that the estimated Debye temperature in the studied NbN films is noticeably smaller than in bulk material. | ||||
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| ISSN | 2469-9950 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | Serial | 1266 | |||
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| Author | Elezov, M.; Ozhegov, R.; Goltsman, G.; Makarov, V. | ||||
| Title | Countermeasure against bright-light attack on superconducting nanowire single-photon detector in quantum key distribution | Type |
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| Year | 2019 | Publication | Opt. Express | Abbreviated Journal | Opt. Express |
| Volume | 27 | Issue | 21 | Pages | 30979-30988 |
| Keywords | SSPD, SNSPD | ||||
| Abstract | We present an active anti-latching system for superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. We experimentally test it against a bright-light attack, previously used to compromise security of quantum key distribution. Although our system detects continuous blinding, the detector is shown to be partially blindable and controllable by specially tailored sequences of bright pulses. Improvements to the countermeasure are suggested. | ||||
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| ISSN | 1094-4087 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:31684339 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Serial | 1275 | |||
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| Author | Korneeva, Y. P.; Vodolazov, D. Y.; Semenov, A. V.; Florya, I. N.; Simonov, N.; Baeva, E.; Korneev, A. A.; Goltsman, G. N.; Klapwijk, T. M. | ||||
| Title | Optical single-photon detection in micrometer-scale NbN bridges | Type |
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| Year | 2018 | Publication | Phys. Rev. Applied | Abbreviated Journal | Phys. Rev. Applied |
| Volume | 9 | Issue | 6 | Pages | 064037 (1 to 13) |
| Keywords | NbN SSPD, SNSPD | ||||
| Abstract | We demonstrate experimentally that single-photon detection can be achieved in micrometer-wide NbN bridges, with widths ranging from 0.53 to 5.15 μm and for photon wavelengths of 408 to 1550 nm. The microbridges are biased with a dc current close to the experimental critical current, which is estimated to be about 50% of the theoretically expected depairing current. These results offer an alternative to the standard superconducting single-photon detectors, based on nanometer-scale nanowires implemented in a long meandering structure. The results are consistent with improved theoretical modeling based on the theory of nonequilibrium superconductivity, including the vortex-assisted mechanism of initial dissipation. | ||||
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| ISSN | 2331-7019 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | Serial | 1303 | |||
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| Author | Korneev, A.; Korneeva, Y.; Florya, I.; Semenov, A.; Goltsman, G. | ||||
| Title | Photon switching statistics in multistrip superconducting single-photon detectors | Type |
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| Year | 2018 | Publication | IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. | Abbreviated Journal | IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. |
| Volume | 28 | Issue | 7 | Pages | 1-4 |
| Keywords | SSPD, SNSPD | ||||
| Abstract | We study photon count statistics in superconducting single-photon detectors consisting of up to 70 narrow superconducting strips connected in parallel. Using interarrival time analysis, we demonstrate that our samples are operated in the “arm-trigger” regime and require up to seven subsequently absorbed photons to form a resistive state in the whole sample. We also performed numerical simulation of the light and dark count rates versus detector bias current, which are in good agreement with the experimental results. | ||||
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| Author | Sidorova, M. V.; Kozorezov, A. G.; Semenov, A. V.; Korneeva, Y. P.; Mikhailov, M. Y.; Devizenko, A. Y.; Korneev, A. A.; Chulkova, G. M.; Goltsman, G. N. | ||||
| Title | Nonbolometric bottleneck in electron-phonon relaxation in ultrathin WSi films | Type |
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| Year | 2018 | Publication | Phys. Rev. B | Abbreviated Journal | Phys. Rev. B |
| Volume | 97 | Issue | 18 | Pages | 184512 (1 to 13) |
| Keywords | WSi films, diffusion constant, SSPD, SNSPD | ||||
| Abstract | We developed the model of the internal phonon bottleneck to describe the energy exchange between the acoustically soft ultrathin metal film and acoustically rigid substrate. Discriminating phonons in the film into two groups, escaping and nonescaping, we show that electrons and nonescaping phonons may form a unified subsystem, which is cooled down only due to interactions with escaping phonons, either due to direct phonon conversion or indirect sequential interaction with an electronic system. Using an amplitude-modulated absorption of the sub-THz radiation technique, we studied electron-phonon relaxation in ultrathin disordered films of tungsten silicide. We found an experimental proof of the internal phonon bottleneck. The experiment and simulation based on the proposed model agree well, resulting in τe−ph∼140–190 ps at TC=3.4K, supporting the results of earlier measurements by independent techniques. | ||||
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| Author | Florya, I. N.; Korneeva, Y. P.; Mikhailov, M. Y.; Devizenko, A. Y.; Korneev, A. A.; Goltsman, G. N. | ||||
| Title | Photon counting statistics of superconducting single-photon detectors made of a three-layer WSi film | Type |
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| Year | 2018 | Publication | Low Temp. Phys. | Abbreviated Journal | Low Temp. Phys. |
| Volume | 44 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 221-225 |
| Keywords | WSi SSPD, SNSPD | ||||
| Abstract | Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPD) are used in quantum optics when record-breaking time resolution, high speed, and exceptionally low levels of dark counts (false readings) are required. Their detection efficiency is limited, however, by the absorption coefficient of the ultrathin superconducting film for the detected radiation. One possible way of increasing the detector absorption without limiting its broadband response is to make a detector in the form of several vertically stacked layers and connect them in parallel. For the first time we have studied single-photon detection in a multilayer structure consisting of three superconducting layers of amorphous tungsten silicide (WSi) separated by thin layers of amorphous silicon. Two operating modes of the detector are illustrated: an avalanche regime and an arm-trigger regime. A shift in these modes occurs at currents of ∼0.5–0.6 times the critical current of the detector. This work was supported by technical task No. 88 for scientific research at the National Research University “Higher School of Economics,” Grant No. 14.V25.31.0007 from the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, and the work of G. N. Goltsman was supported by task No. 3.7328.2017/VU of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. |
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| Author | Vodolazov, D. Y.; Korneeva, Y. P.; Semenov, A. V.; Korneev, A. A.; Goltsman, G. N. | ||||
| Title | Vortex-assisted mechanism of photon counting in a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector revealed by external magnetic field | Type |
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| Year | 2015 | Publication | Phys. Rev. B | Abbreviated Journal | Phys. Rev. B |
| Volume | 92 | Issue | 10 | Pages | 104503 (1 to 9) |
| Keywords | SSPD, SNSPD | ||||
| Abstract | We use an external magnetic field to probe the detection mechanism of a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector. We argue that the hot belt model (which assumes partial suppression of the superconducting order parameter Δ across the whole width of the superconducting nanowire after absorption of the photon) does not explain observed weak-field dependence of the photon count rate (PCR) for photons with λ=450nm and noticeable decrease of PCR (with increasing the magnetic field) in a range of the currents for photons with wavelengths λ=450–1200nm. Found experimental results for all studied wavelengths can be explained by the vortex hot spot model (which assumes partial suppression of Δ in the area with size smaller than the width of the nanowire) if one takes into account nucleation and entrance of the vortices to the photon induced hot spot and their pinning by the hot spot with relatively large size and strongly suppressed Δ. | ||||
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| ISSN | 1098-0121 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Author | Korneeva, Y.; Sidorova, M.; Semenov, A.; Krasnosvobodtsev, S.; Mitsen, K.; Korneev, A.; Chulkova, G.; Goltsman, G. | ||||
| Title | Comparison of hot-spot formation in NbC and NbN single-photon detectors | Type |
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| Year | 2016 | Publication | IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. | Abbreviated Journal | IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. |
| Volume | 26 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 1-4 |
| Keywords | NbC, NbN SSPD, SNSPD | ||||
| Abstract | We report an experimental investigation of the hot-spot evolution in superconducting single-photon detectors made of disordered superconducting materials with different diffusivity and energy downconversion time values, i.e., 33-nm-thick NbN and 23-nm-thick NbC films. We have demonstrated that, in NbC film, only 405-nm photons produce sufficiently large hot spot to trigger a single-photon response. The dependence of detection efficiency on bias current for 405-nm photons in NbC is similar to that for 3400-nm photons in NbN. In NbC, large diffusivity and downconversion time result in 1-D critical current suppression profile compared with the usual 2-D profile in NbN. | ||||
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