@Article{Goltsman_etal2004,
author="Goltsman, G.
and Korneev, A.
and Izbenko, V.
and Smirnov, K.
and Kouminov, P.
and Voronov, B.
and Kaurova, N.
and Verevkin, A.
and Zhang, J.
and Pearlman, A.
and Slysz, W.
and Sobolewski, R.",
title="Nano-structured superconducting single-photon detectors",
journal="Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment",
year="2004",
volume="520",
number="1-3",
pages="527--529",
optkeywords="NbN SSPD; SNSPD",
abstract="NbN detectors, formed into meander-type, 10{\texttimes}10-$\mu$m2 area structures, based on ultrathin (down to 3.5-nm thickness) and nanometer-width (down to below 100 nm) NbN films are capable of efficiently detecting and counting single photons from the ultraviolet to near-infrared optical wavelength range. Our best devices exhibit QE >15{\%} in the visible range and \~{}10{\%} in the 1.3--1.5-$\mu$m infrared telecommunication window. The noise equivalent power (NEP) ranges from \~{}10-17 W/Hz1/2 at 1.5 $\mu$m radiation to \~{}10-19 W/Hz1/2 at 0.56 $\mu$m, and the dark counts are over two orders of magnitude lower than in any semiconducting competitors. The intrinsic response time is estimated to be <30 ps. Such ultrafast detector response enables a very high, GHz-rate real-time counting of single photons. Already established applications of NbN photon counters are non-invasive testing and debugging of VLSI Si CMOS circuits and quantum communications.",
optnote="exported from refbase (https://db.rplab.ru/refbase/show.php?record=1495), last updated on Tue, 18 May 2021 13:18:45 -0500",
issn="0168-9002",
doi="10.1016/j.nima.2003.11.305",
opturl="https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0168900203032315",
opturl="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2003.11.305"
}