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Free-space coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detector with low dark counts

Andrew Mueller, Boris Korzh, M. C. Runyan, Emma E. Wollman, Andrew D. Beyer, Jason P. Allmaras, Angel E. Velasco, Ioana Craiciu, Bruce Bumble, Ryan M. Briggs,

Optica · 2021 · 32 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

A free-space coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detector with high efficiency at 1550 nm, sub-0.1 Hz dark count rate, and sub-15 ps timing jitter is demonstrated.

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