%0 Journal Article
%T Middle-infrared to visible-light ultrafast superconducting single-photon detectors
%A Gol'tsman, G.
%A Minaeva, O.
%A Korneev, A.
%A Tarkhov, M.
%A Rubtsova, I.
%A Divochiy, A.
%A Milostnaya, I.
%A Chulkova, G.
%A Kaurova, N.
%A Voronov, B.
%A Pan, D.
%A Kitaygorsky, J.
%A Cross, A.
%A Pearlman, A.
%A Komissarov, I.
%A Slysz, W.
%A Wegrzecki, M.
%A Grabiec, P.
%A Sobolewski, R.
%J IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.
%D 2007
%V 17
%N 2
%@ 1051-8223
%F Goltsman_etal2007
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%X We present an overview of the state-of-the-art of NbN superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPDs). Our devices exhibit quantum efficiency (QE) of up to 30% in near-infrared wavelength and 0.4% at 5 mum, with a dark-count rate that can be as low as 10 -4 s -1 . The SSPD structures integrated with lambda/4 microcavities achieve a QE of 60% at telecommunication, 1550-nm wavelength. We have also developed a new generation of SSPDs that possess the QE of large-active-area devices, but, simultaneously, are characterized by low kinetic inductance that allows achieving short response times and the GHz-counting rate with picosecond timing jitter. The improvements presented in the SSPD development, such as fiber-coupled SSPDs, make our detectors most attractive for high-speed quantum communications and quantum computing.
%K SSPD
%K SNSPD
%R 10.1109/TASC.2007.898252
%U http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/lpdocs/epic03/wrapper.htm?arnumber=4277411
%U https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2007.898252
%P 246-251