Photon counting with a 24-pixel SSPD based photon number resolving detector

Alessandro Gaggero; Francesco Mattioli; Zili Zhou; Rosalinda Gaudio; Roberto Leoni; Andrea Fiore

doi:10.1109/ICTON.2016.7550617

Photon counting with a 24-pixel SSPD based photon number resolving detector

Alessandro Gaggero, Francesco Mattioli, Zili Zhou, Rosalinda Gaudio, Roberto Leoni, Andrea Fiore

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In this work we present the fabrication and the electro-optical characterization of a 24-pixel photon-number-resolving-detector, based on superconducting nanowires in a series configuration. In this configuration, the electrical responses of each firing pixel sum up into a single readout pulse whose height is proportional to the detected photon number. This device can resolve up to twenty-five distinct output levels corresponding to the detection of n = 0 - 24 photons. Due to its large dynamic range, high sensitivity, high speed and wide wavelength range, this device has potential for linear detection in the few tens of photons range.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509014675
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2016.7550617
Publication status	Published - 23 Aug 2016
Event	18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2016) - University of Trento, Trento, Italy Duration: 10 Jul 2016 → 14 Jul 2016 Conference number: 18 https://icton2016.fbk.eu/

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Conference	18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2016)
Abbreviated title	ICTOM2016
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Trento
Period	10/07/16 → 14/07/16
Internet address	https://icton2016.fbk.eu/

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nanowires
NbN
optical characterization
photo-detectors
SSPD

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Gaggero, A, Mattioli, F, Zhou, Z, Gaudio, R, Leoni, R & Fiore, A 2016, Photon counting with a 24-pixel SSPD based photon number resolving detector. in 2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016., 7550617, IEEE Computer Society, Piscataway, 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2016), Trento, Italy, 10/07/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2016.7550617

Photon counting with a 24-pixel SSPD based photon number resolving detector. / Gaggero, Alessandro; Mattioli, Francesco; Zhou, Zili et al.
2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016. Piscataway: IEEE Computer Society, 2016. 7550617.

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