Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors fabricated from atomic-layer-deposited NbN
arXiv:1910.07010 · doi:10.1063/1.5131664
Abstract
High-quality ultra-thin films of niobium nitride (NbN) are developed by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) technique. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) patterned from this material exhibit high switching currents and saturated internal efficiencies over a broad bias range at 1550 nm telecommunication wavelength. Statistical analyses on hundreds of fabricated devices show near-unity throughput yield due to exceptional homogeneity of the films. The ALD-NbN material represents an ideal superconducting material for fabricating large single-photon detector arrays combining high efficiency, low jitter, low dark counts.
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