December 26, 2005
Author(s)
Robert Hadfield, Martin Stevens, Stephen Gruber, Aaron J. Miller, Robert E. Schwall, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
Superconducting single photon detectors (SSPD) based on nanopatterned niobium nitride wires offer single photon counting at fast rates, low jitter, and low dark counts, from visible wavelengths well into the infrared. We demonstrate the first use of an