Energy-resolved detection of single infrared photons with λ = 8 μm using a superconducting microbolometer
arXiv:1207.2164 · doi:10.1063/1.4739839
Abstract
We report on the detection of single photons with λ = 8 μm using a superconducting hot-electron microbolometer. The sensing element is a titanium transition-edge sensor with a volume ~ 0.1 μm^3 fabricated on a silicon substrate. Poisson photon counting statistics including simultaneous detection of 3 photons was observed. The width of the photon-number peaks was 0.11 eV, 70% of the photon energy, at 50-100 mK. This achieved energy resolution is one of the best figures reported so far for superconducting devices. Such devices can be suitable for single photon calorimetric spectroscopy throughout the mid-infrared and even the far-infrared.
17 pages, 5 figures. Accepted to Applied Physics Letters
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