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Klapwijk, T.M. (author), Semenov, A. V. (author)Superconducting hot-electron bolometers are presently the best performing mixing devices for the frequency range beyond 1.2 THz, where good-quality superconductor-insulator-superconductor devices do not exist. Their physical appearance is very simple: an antenna consisting of a normal metal, sometimes a normal-metal-superconductor bilayer,...journal article 2017
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Echternach, P.M. (author), Stone, K.J. (author), Bradford, C.M. (author), Day, P.K. (author), Wilson, D.W. (author), Megerian, K.G. (author), Llombart Juan, N. (author), Bueno, J. (author)We observed a sweep rate dependence of the quantum capacitance in a single Cooper-Pair box used as the readout of a Quantum Capacitance Detector. A model was developed that fits the data over five orders of magnitude in sweep rate and optical signal power and provides a natural calibration of the absorbed power. We are thereby able to measure...journal article 2013
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Azzouz, H. (author), Heeres, R.W. (author), Dorenbos, S.N. (author), Schouten, R.N. (author), Zwiller, V. (author)We propose and develop a readout scheme for superconducting single-photon detectors based on an integrated circuit, relaxing the need for large bandwidth amplification and resulting in voltage steps proportional to the number of detected photons. We also demonstrate time gating, to filter scattered light in time and reduce dark counts. This...journal article 2013
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Swenson, L.J. (author), Day, P.K. (author), Eom, B.H. (author), Leduc, H.G. (author), Llombart, N. (author), McKenney, C.M. (author), Noroozian, O. (author), Zmuidzinas, J. (author)If driven sufficiently strongly, superconducting microresonators exhibit nonlinear behavior including response bifurcation. This behavior can arise from a variety of physical mechanisms including heating effects, grain boundaries or weak links, vortex penetration, or through the intrinsic nonlinearity of the kinetic inductance. Although...journal article 2013
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Heeres, R.W. (author), Zwiller, V. (author)We explore the dynamics of superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPDs) on the picosecond time-scale using a correlated photon-pair source based on spontaneous parametric downconversion (SPDC), corresponding to a pump-probe experiment at the single-photon level. We show that the detector can operate in a regime where the two-photon detection...journal article 2012
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Marsili, F. (author), Najafi, F. (author), Herder, C. (author), Berggren, K.K. (author)We developed an electrothermal model of NbN superconducting nanowire avalanche photodetectors (SNAPs) on sapphire substrates. SNAPs are single-photon detectors consisting of the parallel connection of N superconducting nanowires. We extrapolated the physical constants of the model from experimental data and we simulated the time evolution of the...journal article 2011
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Rosticher, M. (author), Ladan, F.R. (author), Maneval, J.P. (author), Dorenbos, S.N. (author), Zijlstra, T. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author), Zwiller, V. (author), Lupa?cu, A. (author), Nogues, G. (author)We report the detection of single electrons using a Nb0.7Ti0.3N superconducting wire deposited on an oxidized silicon substrate. While it is known that this device is sensitive to single photons, we show that it also detects single electrons with kilo-electron-volt energy emitted from the cathode of a scanning electron microscope with an...journal article 2010
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Tanner, M.G. (author), Natarajan, C.M. (author), Pottapenjara, V.K. (author), O'Connor, J.A. (author), Warburton, R.J. (author), Hadfield, R.H. (author), Baek, B. (author), Nam, S. (author), Dorenbos, S.N. (author), Bermúdez Ureña, E. (author), Zijlstra, T. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author), Zwiller, V. (author)Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) have emerged as a highly promising infrared single-photon detector technology. Next-generation devices are being developed with enhanced detection efficiency (DE) at key technological wavelengths via the use of optical cavities. Furthermore, new materials and substrates are being explored...journal article 2010