Ultrafast time measurements by time-correlated single photon counting coupled with superconducting single photon detector

被引：58

作者：

Shcheslavskiy, V. ^{[1
]}

Morozov, P. ^{[2
]}

Divochiy, A. ^{[2
]}

Vakhtomin, Yu ^{[2
,3
]}

Smirnov, K. ^{[2
,3
,4
]}

Becker, W. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Becker & Hickl GmbH, Nahmitzer Damm 30, D-12277 Berlin, Germany

[2] Scontel, Rossolimo St 5-22-1, Moscow 119021, Russia

[3] Moscow State Pedag Univ, 1-1 M Pirogovskaya St, Moscow 119991, Russia

[4] Natl Res Univ, Higher Sch Econ, 20 Myasnitskaya St, Moscow 101000, Russia

来源：

REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS | 2016年 / 87卷 / 05期

关键词：

EFFICIENCY; WAVELENGTH; CIRCUITS; SYSTEM;

D O I：

10.1063/1.4948920

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

Time resolution is one of the main characteristics of the single photon detectors besides quantum efficiency and dark count rate. We demonstrate here an ultrafast time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) setup consisting of a newly developed single photon counting board SPC-150NX and a superconducting NbN single photon detector with a sensitive area of 7 x 7 mu m. The combination delivers a record instrument response function with a full width at half maximum of 17.8 ps and system quantum efficiency similar to 15% at wavelength of 1560 nm. A calculation of the root mean square value of the timing jitter for channels with counts more than 1% of the peak value yielded about 7.6 ps. The setup has also good timing stability of the detector-TCSPC board. Published by AIP Publishing.

引用

页数：5

共 28 条

[1]

Becker W., 2005, ADV TIME CORRELATED

[2]

Becker W., 2015, The bh TCSPC Handbook, V6th

[3]

Boso G., 2015, BIOMED OPT EXPRESS, V7, P211

[4] Analysis of detector performance in a gigahertz clock rate quantum key distribution system [J].

Clarke, Patrick J. ;

Collins, Robert J. ;

Hiskett, Philip A. ;

Garcia-Martinez, Maria-Jose ;

Krichel, Nils J. ;

McCarthy, Aongus ;

Tanner, Michael G. ;

O'Connor, John A. ;

Natarajan, Chandra M. ;

Miki, Shigehito ;

Sasaki, Masahide ;

Wang, Zhen ;

Fujiwara, Mikio ;

Rech, Ivan ;

Ghioni, Massimo ;

Gulinatti, Angelo ;

Hadfield, Robert H. ;

Townsend, Paul D. ;

Buller, Gerald S. .

NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 2011, 13

[5] Evolution and prospects for single-photon avalanche diodes and quenching circuits [J].

Cova, S ;

Ghioni, M ;

Lotito, A ;

Rech, I ;

Zappa, F .

JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS, 2004, 51 (9-10) :1267-1288

[6] Singlet oxygen luminescence detection with a fiber-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detector [J].

Gemmell, Nathan R. ;

McCarthy, Aongus ;

Liu, Baochang ;

Tanner, Michael G. ;

Dorenbos, Sander D. ;

Zwiller, Valery ;

Patterson, Michael S. ;

Buller, Gerald S. ;

Wilson, Brian C. ;

Hadfield, Robert H. .

OPTICS EXPRESS, 2013, 21 (04) :5005-5013

[7] Quantum communication [J].

Gisin, Nicolas ;

Thew, Rob .

NATURE PHOTONICS, 2007, 1 (03) :165-171

[8] Picosecond superconducting single-photon optical detector [J].

Gol'tsman, GN ;

Okunev, O ;

Chulkova, G ;

Lipatov, A ;

Semenov, A ;

Smirnov, K ;

Voronov, B ;

Dzardanov, A ;

Williams, C ;

Sobolewski, R .

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2001, 79 (06) :705-707

[9] High-fidelity conversion of photonic quantum information to telecommunication wavelength with superconducting single-photon detectors [J].

Ikuta, Rikizo ;

Kato, Hiroshi ;

Kusaka, Yoshiaki ;

Miki, Shigehito ;

Yamashita, Taro ;

Terai, Hirotaka ;

Fujiwara, Mikio ;

Yamamoto, Takashi ;

Koashi, Masato ;

Sasaki, Masahide ;

Wang, Zhen ;

Imoto, Nobuyuki .

PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 2013, 87 (01)

[10] Ultimate quantum efficiency of a superconducting hot-electron photodetector [J].

Il'in, KS ;

Milostnaya, II ;

Verevkin, AA ;

Gol'tsman, GN ;

Gershenzon, EM ;

Sobolewski, R .

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1998, 73 (26) :3938-3940

← 1 2 3 →