High-efficiency superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors fabricated from MoSi thin-films

VB Verma, B Korzh, F Bussieres, RD Horansky…�- Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
VB Verma, B Korzh, F Bussieres, RD Horansky, SD Dyer, AE Lita, I Vayshenker, F Marsili
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We report on MoSi SNSPDs which achieved high system detection efficiency (87.1�0.5% at
1542 nm) at 0.7 K and we demonstrate that these detectors can also be operated with
saturated internal efficiency at a temperature of 2.3 K in a Gifford-McMahon cryocooler. We
measured a minimum system jitter of 76 ps, maximum count rate approaching 10 MHz, and
polarization dependence as low as 3.3�0.1%. The performance of MoSi SNSPDs at 2.3 K is
similar to the performance of WSi SNSPDs at< 1 K. The higher operating temperature of�…
We report on MoSi SNSPDs which achieved high system detection efficiency (87.1 � 0.5% at 1542 nm) at 0.7 K and we demonstrate that these detectors can also be operated with saturated internal efficiency at a temperature of 2.3 K in a Gifford-McMahon cryocooler. We measured a minimum system jitter of 76 ps, maximum count rate approaching 10 MHz, and polarization dependence as low as 3.3 � 0.1%. The performance of MoSi SNSPDs at 2.3 K is similar to the performance of WSi SNSPDs at < 1 K. The higher operating temperature of MoSi SNSPDs makes these devices promising for widespread use due to the simpler and less expensive cryogenics required for their operation.
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