3 papers
physics.optics2026
Enhanced Mid-Infrared Single-Photon Detection with Antenna-Coupled Superconducting Nanowires
Dip Joti Paul, Stewart Koppell, Gregor G. Taylor +7
The authors present an antenna‑coupled superconducting nanowire single‑photon detector that uses a crossed bowtie antenna to increase the effective detection area for mid‑infrared…
physics.ins-det2026
Tungsten Germanide Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors with Saturated Internal Detection Efficiency at Wavelengths up to 29 μm
Benedikt Hampel, Daniel Kuznesof, Andrew S. Mueller +13
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are among the most sensitive single-photon detectors available and have the potential to transform fields ranging from inf…
quant-ph2025
High-efficiency, high-count-rate 2D superconducting nanowire single-photon detector array
Fiona Fleming, Will McCutcheon, Emma E. Wollman +9
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are the current leading technology for the detection of single-photons in the near-infrared (NIR) and short-wave infrared…