Modified detector tomography technique applied to a superconducting multiphoton nanodetector

J.J. Renema, G. Frucci, Z. Zhou, F. Mattioli, A. Gaggero, R. Leoni, M.J.A. Dood, de, A. Fiore, M.P. Exter, van

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Abstract

We present an experimental method to characterize multi-photon detectors with a small overall detection efficiency. We do this by separating the nonlinear action of the multiphoton detection event from linear losses in the detector. Such a characterization is a necessary step for quantum information protocols with single and multiphoton detectors and can provide quantitative information to understand the underlying physics of a given detector. This characterization is applied to a superconducting multiphoton nanodetector, consisting of an NbN nanowire with a bowtie-shaped subwavelength constriction. Depending on the bias current, this detector has regimes with single and multiphoton sensitivity. We present the first full experimental characterization of such a detector.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2806-2813
Number of pages8
JournalOptics Express
Volume20
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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