3 papers
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-ph2026
WSi weak link element with a non-sinusoidal current-phase relation
Sarah Garcia Jones, Trevyn F. Q. Larson, Sai Pavan Chitta +7
Nonlinearity is an essential ingredient for encoding quantum states with non-uniform energy spacing, implementing coherent quantum gates, reading out qubits, amplifying, and mixing…
cond-mat.supr-con2026
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…