%0 Conference Proceedings
%T Heterodyne spectroscopy with superconducting single-photon detector
%A Lobanov, Y. V.
%A Shcherbatenko, M. L.
%A Semenov, A. V.
%A Kovalyuk, V. V.
%A Korneev, A. A.
%A Goltsman, G. N.
%A Vinogradov, E. A.
%A Naumov, A. V.
%A Gladush, M. G.
%A Karimullin, K. R.
%S EPJ Web Conf.
%D 2017
%V 132
%@ 2100-014X
%F Lobanov_etal2017
%O exported from refbase (https://db.rplab.ru/refbase/show.php?record=1205), last updated on Sun, 02 May 2021 00:16:09 -0500
%X We demonstrate successful operation of a Superconducting Single Photon Detector (SSPD) as the core element in a heterodyne receiver. Irradiating the SSPD by both a local oscillator power and signal power simultaneously, we observed beat signal at the intermediate frequency of a few MHz. Gain bandwidth was found to coincide with the detector single pulse width, where the latter depends on the detector kinetic inductance, determined by the superconducting nanowire length.
%K SSPD mixer
%K SNSPD
%R 10.1051/epjconf/201713201005
%U http://www.epj-conferences.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713201005
%U https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713201005
%P 01005