Position-Dependent Local Detection Efficiency in a Nanowire Superconducting Single-Photon Detector

J. J. Renema; Q. Wang; R. Gaudio; I. Komen; K. Op 'T Hoog; D. Sahin; A. Schilling; M. P. Van Exter; A. Fiore; A. Engel; M. J A De Dood

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01103

Position-Dependent Local Detection Efficiency in a Nanowire Superconducting Single-Photon Detector

J. J. Renema^*, Q. Wang, R. Gaudio, I. Komen, K. Op 'T Hoog, D. Sahin, A. Schilling, M. P. Van Exter, A. Fiore, A. Engel, M. J A De Dood

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Abstract

We probe the local detection efficiency in a nanowire superconducting single-photon detector along the cross-section of the wire with a far subwavelength resolution. We experimentally find a strong variation in the local detection efficiency of the device. We demonstrate that this effect explains previously observed variations in NbN detector efficiency as a function of device geometry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4541-4545
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	15
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01103
Publication status	Published - 8 Jul 2015

Keywords

nano-optics
nanowire
quantum tomography
Superconducting single photon detector
superconductivity

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Position-Dependent Local Detection Efficiency in a Nanowire Superconducting Single-Photon Detector

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