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Sclafani M, Marksteiner M, Keir FML, Divochiy A, Korneev A, Semenov A, et al. Sensitivity of a superconducting nanowire detector for single ions at low energy. Nanotechnol. 2012;23(6):065501 (1 to 5).
Abstract: We report on the characterization of a superconducting nanowire detector for ions at low kinetic energies. We measure the absolute single-particle detection efficiency eta and trace its increase with energy up to eta = 100%. We discuss the influence of noble gas adsorbates on the cryogenic surface and analyze their relevance for the detection of slow massive particles. We apply a recent model for the hot-spot formation to the incidence of atomic ions at energies between 0.2 and 1 keV. We suggest how the differences observed for photons and atoms or molecules can be related to the surface condition of the detector and we propose that the restoration of proper surface conditions may open a new avenue for SSPD-based optical spectroscopy on molecules and nanoparticles.
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Ryabchun S, Smirnov A, Pentin I, Vakhtomin Y, Smirnov K, Kaurova N, et al. Superconducting single photon detector integrated with optical cavity. In: Proc. MLPLIT. Modern laser physics and laser-information technologies for science and manufacture; 2011. p. 143–5.
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Slysz W, Wegrzecki M, Bar J, Grabiec P, Gol'tsman GN, Verevkin M, et al. NbN superconducting single-photon detectors coupled with a communication fiber. Vol 37.; 2004.
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Verevkin A, Williams C, Gol’tsman GN, Sobolewski R, Gilbert G. Single-photon superconducting detectors for practical high-speed quantum cryptography. Optical Society of America; 2001.
Abstract: We have developed an ultrafast superconducting single-photon detector with negligible dark counting rate. The detector is based on an ultrathin, submicron-wide NbN meander-type stripe and can detect individual photons in the visible to near-infrared wavelength range at a rate of at least 10 Gb/s. The above counting rate allows us to implement the NbN device to unconditionally secret quantum key distRochester, New Yorkribution in a practical, high-speed system using real-time Vernam enciphering.
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Semenov AD, Hübers H-W, Gol’tsman GN, Smirnov K. Superconducting quantum detector for astronomy and X-ray spectroscopy. In: Pekola J, Ruggiero B, Silvestrini P, editors. Proc. Int. Workshop on Supercond. Nano-Electronics Devices. : Springer; 2002. p. 201–10.
Abstract: We propose the novel concept of ultra-sensitive energy-dispersive superconducting quantum detectors prospective for applications in astronomy and X-ray spectroscopy. Depending on the superconducting material and operation conditions, such detector may allow realizing background limited noise equivalent power 10−21 W Hz−1/2 in the terahertz range when exposed to 4-K background radiation or counting of 6-keV photon with almost 10—4 energy resolution. Planar layout and relatively simple technology favor integration of elementary detectors into a detector array.
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