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View article: Error mitigation with stabilized noise in superconducting quantum processors
Error mitigation with stabilized noise in superconducting quantum processors Open
Pre-fault tolerant quantum computers have already demonstrated the ability to estimate observable values accurately, at a scale beyond brute-force classical computation. This has been enabled by error mitigation techniques that often rely …
View article: Self-Heating Hotspots in Superconducting Nanowires Cooled by Phonon Black-Body Radiation
Self-Heating Hotspots in Superconducting Nanowires Cooled by Phonon Black-Body Radiation Open
Controlling thermal transport is important for a range of devices and technologies, from phase change memories to next-generation electronics. This is especially true in nano-scale devices where thermal transport is altered by the influenc…
View article: Self-Heating Hotspots in Superconducting Nanowires Cooled by Phonon Black-Body Radiation
Self-Heating Hotspots in Superconducting Nanowires Cooled by Phonon Black-Body Radiation Open
Controlling thermal transport is important for a range of devices and technologies, from phase change memories to next-generation electronics. This is especially true in nano-scale devices where thermal transport is altered by the influenc…
View article: Superconducting MoN thin films prepared by DC reactive magnetron sputtering for nanowire single-photon detectors
Superconducting MoN thin films prepared by DC reactive magnetron sputtering for nanowire single-photon detectors Open
We present a comprehensive study of molybdenum nitride (MoN) thin film deposition using direct current reactive magnetron sputtering. We have investigated the effect of various deposition conditions on the superconducting and electrical pr…
View article: Superconducting MoN thin films prepared by DC reactive magnetron\n sputtering for nanowire single-photon detectors
Superconducting MoN thin films prepared by DC reactive magnetron\n sputtering for nanowire single-photon detectors Open
We present a comprehensive study of molybdenum nitride (MoN) thin film\ndeposition using direct current (DC) reactive magnetron sputtering. We have\ninvestigated the effect of various deposition conditions on the superconducting\nand elect…
View article: Large-area microwire MoSi single-photon detectors at 1550 nm wavelength
Large-area microwire MoSi single-photon detectors at 1550 nm wavelength Open
We demonstrate saturated internal detection efficiency at 1550 nm wavelengths for meander-shaped superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors made of 3 nm thick MoSi films with widths of 1 and 3 μm and active areas up to 400 × 400 μm2.…
View article: Superconducting Nanowire Fabrication on Niobium Nitride using Helium Ion Irradiation
Superconducting Nanowire Fabrication on Niobium Nitride using Helium Ion Irradiation Open
Superconducting devices are prone to reduced performance caused by impurities and defects along the edges of their wires, which can lead to local current crowding. In this study, we explored the use of helium ion irradiation to modify the …
View article: Determining the depairing current in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
Determining the depairing current in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors Open
We estimate the depairing current of superconducting nanowire single photon\ndetectors (SNSPDs) by studying the dependence of the nanowires kinetic\ninductance on their bias current. The kinetic inductance is determined by\nmeasuring the r…
View article: Enhancement of Optical Response in Nanowires by Negative-Tone PMMA Lithography
Enhancement of Optical Response in Nanowires by Negative-Tone PMMA Lithography Open
The method of negative-tone-PMMA electron-beam lithography is investigated to improve the performance of nanowire-based superconducting detectors. Using this approach, the superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) have been…
View article: Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector with integrated impedance-matching taper
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector with integrated impedance-matching taper Open
Conventional readout of a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) sets an upper bound on the output voltage to be the product of the bias current and the load impedance, IB × Zload, where Zload is limited to 50 Ω in standar…
View article: Demonstrating sub-3 ps temporal resolution in a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector
Demonstrating sub-3 ps temporal resolution in a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector Open
Improving the temporal resolution of single photon detectors has an impact on many applications, such as increased data rates and transmission distances for both classical and quantum optical communication systems, higher spatial resolutio…
View article: Bias sputtered NbN and superconducting nanowire devices
Bias sputtered NbN and superconducting nanowire devices Open
Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) promise to combine near-unity quantum efficiency with >100 megacounts per second rates, picosecond timing jitter, and sensitivity ranging from x-ray to mid-infrared wavelengths. …
View article: A nanocryotron comparator can connect single-flux-quantum circuits to conventional electronics
A nanocryotron comparator can connect single-flux-quantum circuits to conventional electronics Open
Integration with conventional electronics offers a straightforward and\neconomical approach to upgrading existing superconducting technologies, such as\nscaling up superconducting detectors into large arrays and combining single\nflux quan…
View article: Superconducting nanowire detector jitter limited by detector geometry
Superconducting nanowire detector jitter limited by detector geometry Open
Detection jitter quantifies variance introduced by the detector in the determination of photon arrival time. It is a crucial performance parameter for systems using superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs). In this work, w…
View article: A scalable single-photon imager using a single superconducting nanowire
A scalable single-photon imager using a single superconducting nanowire Open
Detecting spatial and temporal information of individual photons by using single-photon-detector (SPD) arrays is critical to applications in spectroscopy, communication, biological imaging, astronomical observation, and quantum-information…
View article: Superconducting nanowire single-photon imager
Superconducting nanowire single-photon imager Open
Detecting spatial and temporal information of individual photons is a crucial technology in today's quantum information science. Among the existing single-photon detectors, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) have bee…
View article: Free-space-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for infrared optical communications
Free-space-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for infrared optical communications Open
This paper describes the construction of a cryostat and an optical system with a free-space coupling efficiency of 56.5% ± 3.4% to a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) for infrared quantum communication and spectrum an…