@Article{Engel_etal2011,
author="Engel, Andreas
and Aeschbacher, Adrian
and Inderbitzin, Kevin
and Schilling, Andreas
and Il{\textquoteright}in, Konstantin
and Hofherr, Matthias
and Siegel, Michael
and Semenov, Alexei
and H{\"u}bers, Heinz-Wilhelm",
title="Tantalum nitride superconducting single-photon detectors with low cut-off energy",
journal="arXiv",
year="2011",
address="arXiv:1110.4576",
pages="9",
optkeywords="SSPD",
abstract="Materials with a small superconducting energy gap favor a high detection efficiency of low-energy photons in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. We developed a TaN detector with smaller gap and lower density of states at the Fermi energy than in comparable NbN devices, while other relevant parameters remain essentially unchanged. This results in a reduction of the minimum photon energy required for direct detection to {\$}{\backslash}approx1/3{\$} as compared to NbN.",
optnote="exported from refbase (https://db.rplab.ru/refbase/show.php?record=687), last updated on Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:10:59 -0600"
}