Cooper, B. E. and Hadfield, R. H. (2022) Viewpoint: Compact cryogenics for superconducting photon detectors. Superconductor Science and Technology, 35(8), 080501. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6668/ac76e9)
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Abstract
Superconducting detectors capable of registering single light quanta - single photons - are highly sought after in a host of emerging 21st century technologies [1]. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs or SSPDs) [2] operating in the telecommunication wavelength range outperform conventional semiconductor detectors in the following metrics: dark count rate, system detection efficiency (SDE), photon counting rate and timing jitter [3, 4, 5, 6]. SNSPDs have been deployed in many important emerging photon-counting applications including single photon LiDAR [7, 8], quantum key distribution [9, 10], optical quantum computing [11], life sciences [12, 13], fibre sensing [14, 15], exoplanet spectroscopy [16] and free space optical communication [17].
| Item Type: | Articles (Editorial) |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Bernard E. Cooper and Robert H. Hadfield thank QuantIC - the UK Quantum Technology hub in Quantum Imaging (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grant EP/T00097X/1) and Chase Research Cryogenics Ltd. UK for sponsorship. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Hadfield, Professor Robert and Cooper, Bernard |
| Authors: | Cooper, B. E., and Hadfield, R. H. |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering |
| Research Group: | Quantum Sensors |
| Journal Name: | Superconductor Science and Technology |
| Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
| ISSN: | 0953-2048 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1361-6668 |
| Published Online: | 08 June 2022 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022 IOP Publishing |
| First Published: | First published in Superconductor Science and Technology 35(8): 080501 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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