Superconducting single-photon detector made of MoSi film

Yu. P. Korneeva, M. Yu. Mikhailov, Yu. P. Pershin +8

We fabricated and characterised nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPDs) made of 4 nm thick amorphous Mo${}_x$Si${}_{1-x}$ films. At 1.7 K the best devices exhibit a de…