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most citedDemonstrating sub-3 ps temporal resolution in a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

565 citations · 1.5k across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Characterization and Active Control of Position-Dependent Timing Dynamics in Superconducting Strip Single-Photon Detectors

Sahil R. Patel, Kristen M. Parzuchowski, Eli Mueller +6

Superconducting strip single-photon detectors (SSPDs) have emerged as scalable, wide-strip variants of traditional nanowire counterparts. Despite practical advantages including imp…

cond-mat.supr-con2026★ 1 cited

Reaching the intrinsic performance limits of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors up to 0.1 mm wide

Kristen M. Parzuchowski, Eli Mueller, Bakhrom G. Oripov +13

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) combine high detection efficiency, low noise, and excellent timing resolution, making them a leading platform for photon-c…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2024★ 28 cited

An SNSPD-based detector system for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications project

Emma E. Wollman, Jason P. Allmaras, Andrew D. Beyer +8

We report on a free-space-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detector array developed for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications project (DSOC). The array serves as t…

physics.ins-det2024★ 8 cited

Improvements of readout signal integrity in mid-infrared superconducting nanowire single photon detectors

Sahil R. Patel, Marco Colangelo, Andrew D. Beyer +6

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) with high timing resolution and low background counts in the mid infrared (MIR) have the potential to open up numerous opp…

quant-ph2023

Low-noise single-photon counting superconducting nanowire detectors at infrared wavelengths up to 29 m

Gregor G. Taylor, Alexander B. Walter, Boris Korzh +7

We report on the extension of the spectral sensitivity of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors to a wavelength of 29 m. This represents the first demonstration of a…

quant-ph2023★ 118 cited

A superconducting-nanowire single-photon camera with 400,000 pixels

Bakhrom G. Oripov, Dana S. Rampini, Jason Allmaras +4

For the last 50 years, superconducting detectors have offered exceptional sensitivity and speed for detecting faint electromagnetic signals in a wide range of applications. These d…

physics.ins-det2023★ 28 cited

Large active-area superconducting microwire detector array with single-photon sensitivity in the near-infrared

Jamie S. Luskin, Ekkehart Schmidt, Boris Korzh +16

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) are the highest-performing technology for time-resolved single-photon counting from the UV to the near-infrared. The recen…

quant-ph2022★ 2 cited

High-speed detection of 1550 nm single photons with superconducting nanowire detectors

Ioana Craiciu, Boris Korzh, Andrew D. Beyer +8

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors are a key technology for quantum information and science due to their high efficiency, low timing jitter, and low dark counts. In t…

quant-ph2022★ 18 cited

Picosecond Synchronization of Photon Pairs through a Fiber Link between Fermilab and Argonne National Laboratories

Keshav Kapoor, Si Xie, Joaquin Chung +20

We demonstrate a three-node quantum network for C-band photon pairs using 2 pairs of 59 km of deployed fiber between Fermi and Argonne National Laboratories. The C-band pairs are d…

quant-ph2022★ 13 cited

Picosecond synchronization system for quantum networks

Raju Valivarthi, Lautaro Narváez, Samantha I. Davis +14

The operation of long-distance quantum networks requires photons to be synchronized and must account for length variations of quantum channels. We demonstrate a 200 MHz clock-rate…

cond-mat.supr-con2021★ 38 cited

The thermally-coupled imager: A scalable readout architecture for superconducting nanowire single photon detectors

Adam N. McCaughan, Yao Zhai, Boris Korzh +4

Although superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are a promising technology for quantum optics, metrology, and astronomy, they currently lack a readout architectu…

physics.app-ph2021★ 2 cited

Impedance-matched differential superconducting nanowire detectors

Marco Colangelo, Boris Korzh, Jason P. Allmaras +24

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are the highest performing photon-counting technology in the near-infrared (NIR). Due to delay-line effects, large area SN…

cond-mat.supr-con2021★ 27 cited

Self-Heating Hotspots in Superconducting Nanowires Cooled by Phonon Black-Body Radiation

Andrew Dane, Jason Allmaras, Di Zhu +11

Controlling thermal transport is important for a range of devices and technologies, from phase change memories to next-generation electronics. This is especially true in nano-scale…

physics.ins-det2020★ 141 cited

Single-photon detection in the mid-infrared up to 10 micron wavelength using tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire detectors

V. B. Verma, B. Korzh, A. B. Walter +15

We developed superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) based on tungsten silicide (WSi) that show saturated internal detection efficiency up to a wavelength of 10 u…

quant-ph2020★ 120 cited

Teleportation Systems Towards a Quantum Internet

Raju Valivarthi, Samantha Davis, Cristian Pena +20

Quantum teleportation is essential for many quantum information technologies including long-distance quantum networks. Using fiber-coupled devices, including state-of-the-art low-n…

physics.app-ph2020★ 72 cited

Superconducting microwire detectors with single-photon sensitivity in the near-infrared

Jeff Chiles, Sonia M. Buckley, Adriana Lita +7

We report on the fabrication and characterization of single-photon-sensitive WSi superconducting detectors with wire widths from 1 μm to 3 μm. The devices achieve saturated interna…

physics.ins-det2020★ 68 cited

Demonstration of a Thermally-Coupled Row-Column SNSPD Imaging Array

Jason P. Allmaras, Emma E. Wollman, Andrew D. Beyer +4

While single-pixel superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) have demonstrated remarkable efficiency and timing performance from the UV to near-IR, scaling these de…

cond-mat.supr-con2019★ 51 cited

Determining the depairing current in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

S. Frasca, B. Korzh, M. Colangelo +12

We estimate the depairing current of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) by studying the dependence of the nanowires kinetic inductance on their bias current.…

physics.ins-det2018★ 39 cited

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector with integrated impedance-matching taper

Di Zhu, Marco Colangelo, Boris A. Korzh +11

Conventional readout of a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) sets an upper bound on the output voltage to be the product of the bias current and the load imped…

physics.ins-det2018★ 67 cited

Intrinsic timing jitter and latency in superconducting single photon nanowire detectors

Jason P. Allmaras, Alexander G. Kozorezov, Boris A. Korzh +2

We analyze the origin of the intrinsic timing jitter in superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) in terms of fluctuations in the latency of the detector response,…

physics.ins-det2018★ 565 cited

Demonstrating sub-3 ps temporal resolution in a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

B. A. Korzh, Q-Y. Zhao, S. Frasca +20

Improving the temporal resolution of single photon detectors has an impact on many applications, such as increased data rates and transmission distances for both classical and quan…

physics.ins-det2017★ 77 cited

Fano fluctuations in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

A. G. Kozorezov, C. Lambert, F. Marsili +6

Because of their universal nature, Fano fluctuations are expected to influence the response of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs). We predict that photon cou…