Superconducting nanowires as high-rate photon detectors in strong magnetic fields
Abstract
Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors are capable of single-photon detection across a large spectral range, with near unity detection efficiency, picosecond timing jitter, and sub-10 µm position resolution at rates as high as 109 counts/s. In an effort to bring this technology into nuclear physics experiments, we fabricate Niobium Nitride nanowire detectors using novel material preparation methods and test their performance in strong magnetic fields. Furthermore, we demonstrate that these devices are capable of detection of 400 nm wavelength photons with saturated internal quantum efficiency at liquid helium temperatures and in magnetic fields potentially up to 8 T at high rates and with nearly zero dark counts.
- Authors:
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1616577
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 959; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Polakovic, T., Armstrong, W. R., Yefremenko, V., Pearson, J. E., Hafidi, K., Karapetrov, G., Meziani, Z. -E., and Novosad, V. Superconducting nanowires as high-rate photon detectors in strong magnetic fields. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2020.163543.
Polakovic, T., Armstrong, W. R., Yefremenko, V., Pearson, J. E., Hafidi, K., Karapetrov, G., Meziani, Z. -E., & Novosad, V. Superconducting nanowires as high-rate photon detectors in strong magnetic fields. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163543
Polakovic, T., Armstrong, W. R., Yefremenko, V., Pearson, J. E., Hafidi, K., Karapetrov, G., Meziani, Z. -E., and Novosad, V. Fri .
"Superconducting nanowires as high-rate photon detectors in strong magnetic fields". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163543. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1616577.
@article{osti_1616577,
title = {Superconducting nanowires as high-rate photon detectors in strong magnetic fields},
author = {Polakovic, T. and Armstrong, W. R. and Yefremenko, V. and Pearson, J. E. and Hafidi, K. and Karapetrov, G. and Meziani, Z. -E. and Novosad, V.},
abstractNote = {Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors are capable of single-photon detection across a large spectral range, with near unity detection efficiency, picosecond timing jitter, and sub-10 µm position resolution at rates as high as 109 counts/s. In an effort to bring this technology into nuclear physics experiments, we fabricate Niobium Nitride nanowire detectors using novel material preparation methods and test their performance in strong magnetic fields. Furthermore, we demonstrate that these devices are capable of detection of 400 nm wavelength photons with saturated internal quantum efficiency at liquid helium temperatures and in magnetic fields potentially up to 8 T at high rates and with nearly zero dark counts.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2020.163543},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = ,
volume = 959,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Fri Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2020}
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