Photon-number discriminating superconducting transition-edge sensors

M. Rajteri, E. Taralli, Chiara Portesi, E. Monticone, J. Beyer

Metrologia · 2009 · 22 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Photon-number discriminating detectors are fundamentals for new quantum photon-based standards. We report the results on superconducting transition-edge sensors based on Ti/Au and Ti/Pd bilayers allowing pulses containing up to five photons to be discriminated.

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