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Understanding multiscale disorder in superconducting nanowire single photon detectors
Nirjhar Sarkar, Ronan Gourgues, Yueh-Chun Wu +7
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors are central to applications across quantum information science. Yet, their performance is limited by the effects of disorder and el…
Highly sensitive single-molecule detection in slow protein ion beams
M. Strauß, A. Shayeghi, M. F. X. Mauser +18
The analysis of proteins in the gas phase benefits from detectors that exhibit high efficiency and precise spatial resolution. Although modern secondary electron multipliers alread…
Mid-infrared Single-photon Detection Using Superconducting NbTiN Nanowires with Sub-15 ps Time Resolution in a Gifford-McMahon Cryocooler
Jin Chang, Johannes W. N. Los, Ronan Gourgues +6
Shortly after their inception, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) became the leading quantum light detection technology. With the capability of detecting sin…
Detecting Infrared Single Photons with Near-Unity System Detection Efficiency
Jin Chang, Johannes W. N. Los, Jaime Oscar Tenorio-Pearl +9
Single photon detectors are indispensable tools in optics, from fundamental measurements to quantum information processing. The ability of superconducting nanowire single photon de…
A platform for high performance photon correlation measurements
Iman Esmaeil Zadeh, Johannes W. N. Los, Ronan B. M. Gourgues +19
A broad range of scientific and industrial disciplines require precise optical measurements at very low light levels. Single-photon detectors combining high efficiency and high tim…
High performance superconducting nanowire single photon detectors operating at temperature from 4 to 7 K
Ronan Gourgues, Johannes W. N. Los, Julien Zichi +6
We experimentally investigate the performance of NbTiN superconducting nanowire single photon detectors above the base temperature of a conventional Gifford-McMahon cryocooler (2.5…
Controlled integration of selected detectors and emitters in photonic integrated circuits
Ronan Gourgues, Iman Esmaeil Zadeh, Ali W. Elshaari +7
Integration of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors and quantum sources with photonic waveguides is crucial for realizing advanced quantum integrated circuits. However,…
Photon counting with photon number resolution through superconducting nanowires coupled to a multi-channel TDC in FPGA
N. Lusardi, J. W. N. Los, R. B. M. Gourgues +2
The paper presents a system for measuring photon statistics and photon timing in the few-photon regime down to the single-photon level. The measurement system is based on supercond…
A single-photon detector with high efficiency and sub-10ps time resolution
Iman Esmaeil Zadeh, Johannes W. N. Los, Ronan B. M. Gourgues +4
The observation of fast physical dynamics using optical techniques currently relies on indirect methods, such as pump-probe measurements. One reason for this is the lack of an effi…
Single-photon detectors combining ultra-high efficiency, detection-rates, and timing resolution
Iman Esmaeil Zadeh, Johannes W. N. Los, Ronan B. M. Gourgues +5
Single-photon detection with high efficiency, high timing resolution, low dark counts and high photon detection-rates is crucial for a wide range of optical measurements. Although…
CubeSats as pathfinders for planetary detection: the FIRST-S satellite
S. Lacour, V. Lapeyrère, L. Gauchet +6
The idea behind FIRST (Fibered Imager foR a Single Telescope) is to use single-mode fibers to combine multiple apertures in a pupil plane as such as to synthesize a bigger aperture…