PT Unknown AU Dauler, EA Kerman, AJ Robinson, BS Yang, JKW Voronov, BM Gol’tsman, GN Berggren, KK TI Achieving high counting rates in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors SE CLEO/QELS PY 2006 BP JTuD3 (1 to 2) DI 10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628619 DE SSPD; SNSPD; Detectors; Photodetectors; Quantum optics; Quantum detectors; Photon counting; Photons; Pulse shaping; Quantum communications; Single photon detectors; Superconductors AB Kinetic inductance is determined to be the primary limitation to the counting rate of superconducting nanowire single-photon counters. Approaches for overcoming this limitation will be discussed. ER