Influence of Material and Geometry on the Performance of Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors
Abstract:
Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors offer the capability to detect electromagnetic waves on a single photon level in a wavelength range that far exceeds that of alternative detector types. However, above a certain threshold wavelength, the efficiency of those detectors decreases stronlgy, leading to a poor performance in the far-infrared range. Influences on this threshold are studied and approaches for improvement are verified experimentally by measurement of the device performance.
| Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT | Institut für Mikro- und Nanoelektronische Systeme (IMS) |
| Publikationstyp | Hochschulschrift |
| Publikationsjahr | 2013 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Identifikator | ISBN: 978-3-7315-0092-6 ISSN: 1869-1765 urn:nbn:de:0072-362675 KITopen-ID: 1000036267 |
| Verlag | KIT Scientific Publishing |
| Umfang | 195 S. |
| Serie | Karlsruher Schriftenreihe zur Supraleitung / Hrsg. Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Noe, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. M. Siegel ; 010 |
| Art der Arbeit | Dissertation |
| Fakultät | Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik (ETIT) |
| Institut | Institut für Mikro- und Nanoelektronische Systeme (IMS) |
| Prüfungsdaten | 23.07.2013 |
| Schlagwörter | Superconductor, Detector, Nanotechnology, Dissertation |
| Referent/Betreuer | Siegel, M. |