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AU Verevkin, A
   Slysz, W
   Pearlman, A
   Zhang, J
   Sobolewski, R
   Okunev, O
   Korneev, A
   Kouminov, P
   Smirnov, K
   Chulkova, G
   Gol’tsman, GN
   Currie, M
TI Real-time GHz-rate counting of infrared photons using nanostructured NbN superconducting detectors
SE CLEO/QELS
PY 2003
BP CThM8
DE NbN SSPD; SNSPD; Infrared; Quantum detectors; Detectors; Photon counting; Quantum communications; Quantum cryptography; Single photon detectors; Superconductors
AB We demonstrate that our ultrathin, nanometer-width NbN superconducting single-photon detectors are capable of above 1-GHz-frequency, real-time counting of near-infrared photons. The measured system jitter of the detector is below 15 ps.
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