@Article{Korneev_etal2012, author="Korneev, A. and Korneeva, Y. and Florya, I. and Voronov, B. and Goltsman, G.", title="NbN nanowire superconducting single-photon detector for mid-infrared", journal="Phys. Procedia", year="2012", volume="36", pages="72--76", optkeywords="NbN SSPD; SNSPD", abstract="Superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPD) is typically 100 nm-wide supercondiucting strip in a shape of meander made of 4-nm-thick film. To reduce response time and increase voltage response a parallel connection of the strips was proposed. Recently we demonstrated that reduction of the strip width improves the quantum effciency of such a detector at wavelengths longer than 1.5 $\mu$m. Being encourage by this progress in quantum effciency we improved the fabrication process and made parallel-wire SSPD with 40-nm-wide strips covering total area of 10 $\mu$m x 10 $\mu$m. In this paper we present the results of the characterization of such a parallel-wire SSPD at 10.6 $\mu$m wavelength and demonstrate linear dependence of the count rate on the light power as it should be in case of single-photon response.", optnote="exported from refbase (https://db.rplab.ru/refbase/show.php?record=1382), last updated on Thu, 13 May 2021 19:12:39 -0500", issn="1875-3892", doi="10.1016/j.phpro.2012.06.215", opturl="https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1875389212021529", opturl="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2012.06.215" }