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Single-Photon Measurement Techniques with a Superconducting Transition Edge Sensor

Daiji FUKUDA

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The optical-transition edge sensors are single-photon detectors that can determine photon energies at visible to telecommunication wavelengths. They offer a high detection efficiency and negligible dark count, which are very attractive qualities for applications in quantum optics or bioimaging. This study reviews the operating principles of such detectors and the current status of their development.

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E102-C No.3 pp.230-234
Publication Date
2019/03/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1353
DOI
10.1587/transele.2018SDI0001
Type of Manuscript
Special Section INVITED PAPER (Special Section on Superconducting Electronics for Quantum Information Technologies)
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Daiji FUKUDA
  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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