PT Unknown
AU Sobolewski, R
   Verevkin, A
   Gol’tsman, GN
TI Superconducting optical single-photon detectors
SE CLEO/QELS
PY 2004
BP IThD1
DI 10.1364/IQEC.2004.IThD1
DE SSPD; QE; jitter; dark counts
AB We review the development of superconducting single-photon detectors. The devices are characterized by experimental quantum efficiency of ~8% for infrared photons, counting rate ~2 GHz, 18 ps jitter, and <0.01 per second dark counts.
ER