PT Unknown AU Smirnov, KV Vakhtomin, YB Divochiy, AV Ozhegov, RV Pentin, IV Slivinskaya, EV Tarkhov, MA Gol’tsman, GN TI Single-photon detectors for the visible and infrared parts of the spectrum based on NbN nanostructures SE Proc. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symp. PY 2009 BP 863 EP 864 DE SSPD; SNSPD AB The research by the group of Moscow State Pedagogical University into the hot-electron phenomena in thin superconducting films has led to the development of new types ofdetectors [1, 2] and their use both in fundamental and applied studies [3–6]. In this paper, wepresent the results of the development and fabrication of receiving systems for the visible andinfrared parts of the spectrum optimised for use in telecommunication systems and quantumcryptography. PI Moscow, Russia ER