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Detection Mechanism in SNSPD: Numerical Results of a Conceptually Simple, Yet Powerful Detection Model

Aug 21, 2014
7 pages
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  • IEEE Trans.Appl.Supercond. 25 (2015) 1537
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Abstract: (arXiv)
In a recent publication we have proposed a numerical model that describes the detection process of optical photons in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPD). Here, we review this model and present a significant improvement that allows us to calculate more accurate current distributions for the inhomogeneous quasi-particle densities occurring after photon absorption. With this new algorithm we explore the detector response in standard NbN SNSPD for photons absorbed off-center and for 2-photon processes. We also discuss the outstanding performance of SNSPD based on WSi. Our numerical results indicate a different detection mechanism in WSi than in NbN or similar materials.
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  • Presented at ASC 2014 (invited) and submitted to IEEE Transaction on Applied Superconductivity (Special Issue)
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