Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for advanced photon-counting applications

The ability to detect infrared photons is increasingly important in many elds of scienti c endeavour, including astronomy, the life sciences and quantum information science. Improvements in detector performance are urgently required. The Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector (SNSPD/SSPD) i...

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Main Author: Natarajan, Chandra Mouli
Other Authors: Hadfield, Robert
Published: Heriot-Watt University 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.575224