Temporal array with superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for photon-number-resolution

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2009.08334v1
• Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:30:51 GMT
• Title: Temporal array with superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for photon-number-resolution
• Authors: Mattias J\"onsson, Marcin Swillo, Samuel Gyger, Val Zwiller, Gunnar Bj\"ork
• Abstract summary: We present a 16 element, temporal-array, photon-number-resolving (PNR) detector, which is a multiplexed single-photon detector that splits an input signal over multiple time-bins. A theoretical investigation of the PNR capabilities of the detector is performed and it is concluded that compared to a single-photon detector, our array detector can resolve one order of magnitude higher mean photon numbers.
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• Abstract: We present an experimental realization of a 16 element, temporal-array, photon-number-resolving (PNR) detector, which is a multiplexed single-photon detector that splits an input signal over multiple time-bins, and the time-bins are detected using two superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPD). A theoretical investigation of the PNR capabilities of the detector is performed and it is concluded that compared to a single-photon detector, our array detector can resolve one order of magnitude higher mean photon numbers, given the same number of input pulses to measure. This claim is experimentally verified and we show that the detector can accurately predict photon numbers between $10^{-3}$ to $10^{2}$. Our present detector is incapable of single-shot photon-number measurements with high precision since its effective quantum efficiency is $49\,\%$. Using SNSPDs with a higher quantum efficiency the PNR performance will improve, but the photon-number resolution will still be limited by the array size.

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