Marsili F, Bitauld D, Divochiy A, Gaggero A, Leoni R, Mattioli F, et al. Superconducting nanowire photon number resolving detector at telecom wavelength. In: CLEO/QELS. Optical Society of America; 2008. Qmj1 (1 to 2).
Abstract: We demonstrate a photon-number-resolving (PNR) detector, based on parallel superconducting nanowires, capable of resolving up to 5 photons in the telecommunication wavelength range, with sensitivity and speed far exceeding existing approaches.
