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most citedNbN superconducting nanowire single photon detector with efficiency over 90% at 1550 nm wavelength operational at compact cryocooler temperature

203 citations · 208 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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quant-ph2026

Improved Cryogenic Photodiode Optical Biasing for Low-Noise and Low-Jitter Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors

Jia-Hao Hu, Wei-Jun Zhang, Wen-Shuo Yu +7

We experimentally demonstrate an improved optical biasing scheme for superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs), which employs a cryogenic InGaAs-InP photodiode (PD)…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Photon-number-resolving single-photon detector with a system detection efficiency of 98% and photon-number resolution of 32

Chaomeng Ding, Xingyu Zhang, Jiamin Xiong +8

Efficiently distinguishing photon numbers is a crucial yet challenging technology for various quantum information and quantum metrology applications. While superconducting transiti…

physics.app-ph2025★ 2 cited

Impact of helium ion irradiation on the thermal properties of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

Yi-Yu Hong, Yu-Ze Wang, Wei-Jun Zhang +12

SNSPDs are indispensable for applications ranging from quantum information processing to deep-space optical communications, owing to their high detection efficiency, low dark count…

physics.app-ph2024

A free-space coupled, large-active-area superconducting microstrip single-photon detector for photon-counting time-of-flight imaging

Yu-Ze Wang, Wei-Jun Zhang, Xing-Yu Zhang +9

Numerous applications at the photon-starved regime require a free-space coupling singlephoton detector with a large active area, low dark count rate (DCR), and superior time resolu…

cond-mat.supr-con2016★ 203 cited

NbN superconducting nanowire single photon detector with efficiency over 90% at 1550 nm wavelength operational at compact cryocooler temperature

W. J. Zhang, L. X. You, H. Li +7

The fast development of superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD) in the past decade has enabled many advances in quantum information technology. The best system dete…

cond-mat.supr-con2015★ 2 cited

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors at a wavelength of 940 nm

W. J. Zhang, H. Li, L. X. You +9

We develop single-photon detectors comprising single-mode fiber-coupled superconducting nanowires, with high system detection efficiencies at a wavelength of 940 nm. The detector c…

cond-mat.supr-con2010

Thin-film-like high temperature superconducting single crystal by mechanical exfoliation

X Wang, L X You, X M Xie +3

Thin-film-like high temperature superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x single crystals (TSB) with a typical thickness of 20-200 nm is produced by mechanical exfoliation. The TSB, which sh…