Optical single photon detection in micron-scaled NbN bridges

Y. Korneeva, D. Yu. Vodolazov, A. V. Semenov +6

We demonstrate experimentally that single photon detection can be achieved in micron-wide NbN bridges, with widths ranging from 0.53 $\mu$m to 5.15 $\mu$m and for photon-wavelengths fr…