Real-time imaging systems for superconducting nanowire single-photon detector arrays
Abstract
Superconducting nanowire singe-photon detectors (SNSPD) are promising detectors in the field of applications, where single-photon resolution is required like in quantum optics, spectroscopy or astronomy. These cryogenic detectors gain from a broad spectrum in the optical and infrared range and deliver low dark count rates and low jitter times. This thesis improves the understanding of the detection mechanism of SNSPDs and intodruces new and promising multi-pixel readout concepts.
Keywords
superconductivity; Multi-pixelsingle-photon detector; Echtzeitauslese; SNSPD; Supraleitung; real-time readout; multi-pixel; EinzelphotonendetektorISBN
9783731502296Publisher
KIT Scientific PublishingPublisher website
http://www.ksp.kit.edu/Publication date and place
2014Series
Karlsruher Schriftenreihe zur Supraleitung / Hrsg. Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Noe, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. M. Siegel,Classification
Technology: general issues