Theoretical studies on quantum imaging with time-integrated single-photon detection under realistic experimental conditions by Byeong-Yoon Go, Changhyoup Lee, Kwang-Geol Lee

“…Abstract We study a quantum-enhanced differential measurement scheme that uses quantum probes and single-photon detectors to measure a minute defect in the absorption parameter of an analyte under investigation. …”
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Computational single-photon depth imaging without transverse regularization by Shin, Dongeek, Shapiro, Jeffrey H, Goyal, Vivek K

“…In such low-light imaging scenarios, single-photon detectors are employed to time-resolve individual photon detections. …”
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Demonstration of Microwave Multiplexed Readout of DC-Biased Superconducting Nanowire Detectors by Sinclair, AK, Schroeder, E, Zhu, D, Colangelo, M, Glasby, J, Mauskopf, PD, Mani, H, Berggren, KK

“…Superconducting nanowires are widely used as sensitive single photon detectors with wide spectral coverage and high timing resolution. …”
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Photon number resolution without optical mode multiplication by Vetlugin, Anton N., Martinelli, Filippo, Dong, Shuyu, Soci, Cesare

“…Common methods to achieve photon number resolution rely on fast on-off single-photon detectors in conjunction with temporal or spatial mode multiplexing. …”
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Single-photon detection in the mid-infrared up to 10 μm wavelength using tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire detectors by V. B. Verma, B. Korzh, A. B. Walter, A. E. Lita, R. M. Briggs, M. Colangelo, Y. Zhai, E. E. Wollman, A. D. Beyer, J. P. Allmaras, H. Vora, D. Zhu, E. Schmidt, A. G. Kozorezov, K. K. Berggren, R. P. Mirin, S. W. Nam, M. D. Shaw

“…We developed superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors based on tungsten silicide, which show saturated internal detection efficiency up to a wavelength of 10 μm. …”
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Infrared transmissometer to measure the thickness of NbN thin films by Sunter, Kristen A., Lang, Christopher I., Berggren, Karl K., Dane, Andrew Edward

“…We present an optical setup that can be used to characterize the thicknesses of thin NbN films to screen samples for fabrication and to better model the performance of the resulting superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. The infrared transmissometer reported here is easy to use, gives results within minutes, and is nondestructive. …”
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Towards the fiber-optic Kennedy quantum receiver by Elezov Mikhail, Scherbatenko Mikhail, Sych Denis, Goltsman Gregory

“…We consider practical aspects of using standard fiber-optic elements and superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for the development of a practical quantum receiver based on the Kennedy scheme. …”
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Measuring thickness in thin NbN films for superconducting devices by Medeiros, Owen, Colangelo, Marco, Charaev, Ilya, Berggren, Karl K

“…The authors present the use of a commercially available fixed-angle multiwavelength ellipsometer for quickly measuring the thickness of NbN thin films for the fabrication and performance improvement of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. The process can determine the optical constants of absorbing thin films, removing the need for inaccurate approximations. …”
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Measuring thickness in thin NbN films for superconducting devices by Medeiros, Owen, Colangelo, Marco, Charaev, Ilya, Berggren, Karl K

“…The authors present the use of a commercially available fixed-angle multiwavelength ellipsometer for quickly measuring the thickness of NbN thin films for the fabrication and performance improvement of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. The process can determine the optical constants of absorbing thin films, removing the need for inaccurate approximations. …”
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Color Erasure Detectors Enable Chromatic Interferometry by Qu, Luo-Yuan, Cotler, Jordan, Ma, Fei, Guan, Jian-Yu, Zheng, Ming-Yang, Xie, Xiuping, Chen, Yu-Ao, Zhang, Qiang, Wilczek, Frank, Pan, Jian-Wei

“…By engineering and manipulating quantum entanglement between incoming photons and experimental apparatus, we construct single-photon detectors which cannot distinguish between photons of very different wavelengths. …”
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High-efficiency Bragg grating enhanced on-chip photon-number-resolving detectors by Mennea, P, Calkins, B, Metcalf, B, Gerrits, T, Lita, A, Gates, J, Kolthammer, W, Spring, J, Humphries, P, Tomlin, N, Fox, A, Linares, A, Mirin, R, Nam, S, Walmsley, I, Smith, P

“…The recent trend towards integration of quantum optics experiments has produced a demand for on-chip single photon detectors with high quantum efficiencies. In previous work we demonstrated integrated photon number resolving detectors for use at telecommunications wavelengths [1], here we outline developments of this design which have enabled improvements in the quantum efficiency, permitting an on-chip detection efficiency of 92% to be obtained in the device of Fig. 1. © 2013 IEEE.…”

Mollow triplet in cold atoms by Luis Ortiz-Gutiérrez, Raul Celistrino Teixeira, Aurélien Eloy, Dilleys Ferreira da Silva, Robin Kaiser, Romain Bachelard, Mathilde Fouché

“…The experimental technique is based on heterodyne spectroscopy coupled to single-photon detectors and intensity correlations. At resonance, we observe the Mollow triplet. …”
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Electrothermal simulation of superconducting nanowire avalanche photodetectors by Marsili, Francesco, Najafi, Faraz, Herder, Charles Henry, Berggren, Karl K.

“…We developed an electrothermal model of NbN superconducting nanowire avalanche photodetectors (SNAPs) on sapphire substrates. SNAPs are single-photon detectors consisting of the parallel connection of N superconducting nanowires. …”
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Detecting telecom single photons with 99.5−2.07+0.5% system detection efficiency and high time resolution by J. Chang, J. W. N. Los, J. O. Tenorio-Pearl, N. Noordzij, R. Gourgues, A. Guardiani, J. R. Zichi, S. F. Pereira, H. P. Urbach, V. Zwiller, S. N. Dorenbos, I. Esmaeil Zadeh

“…Single photon detectors are indispensable tools in optics, from fundamental measurements to quantum information processing. …”
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Absolute efficiency estimation of photon-number-resolving detectors using twin beams. by Worsley, A, Coldenstrodt-Ronge, H, Lundeen, J, Mosley, P, Smith, B, Puentes, G, Thomas-Peter, N, Walmsley, I

“…The photon-pair detector calibration method developed by Klyshko for single-photon detectors is generalized to take advantage of the higher dynamic range and additional information provided by photon-number-resolving detectors. …”

Superconducting Nanowire Technology for Microwave and Photonics Applications by Colangelo, Marco

“…Finally, we demonstrate single-photon detectors integrated on lithium-niobate-on-insulator with state-of-the-art performance. …”
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Automation System for Single Photon Generation and Detection by Chan, Kar Tim

“…This detection system interfaces a series of high performance single photon detectors to the same computer that controls the scanning system via a detection programme. …”
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Photon-efficient quantum key distribution using time–energy entanglement with high-dimensional encoding by Tian Zhong, Hongchao Zhou, Robert D Horansky, Catherine Lee, Varun B Verma, Adriana E Lita, Alessandro Restelli, Joshua C Bienfang, Richard P Mirin, Thomas Gerrits, Sae Woo Nam, Francesco Marsili, Matthew D Shaw, Zheshen Zhang, Ligong Wang, Dirk Englund, Gregory W Wornell, Jeffrey H Shapiro, Franco N C Wong

“…Under photon-starved conditions the rate of detection events is much lower than the photon generation rate, because of losses in long distance propagation and the relatively long recovery times of available single-photon detectors. Multi-bit encoding in the photon arrival times can be beneficial in such photon-starved situations. …”
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Photon-efficient quantum key distribution using time–energy entanglement with high-dimensional encoding by Zhong, Tian, Zhou, Hongchao, Horansky, Robert D., Lee, Catherine, Verma, Varun B., Lita, Adriana E., Restelli, Alessandro, Bienfang, Joshua C., Mirin, Richard P., Gerrits, Thomas, Nam, Sae Woo, Marsili, Francesco, Shaw, Matthew D., Zhang, Zheshen, Wang, Ligong, Englund, Dirk Robert, Wornell, Gregory W., Shapiro, Jeffrey H., Wong, Franco N. C.

“…Under photon-starved conditions the rate of detection events is much lower than the photon generation rate, because of losses in long distance propagation and the relatively long recovery times of available single-photon detectors. Multi-bit encoding in the photon arrival times can be beneficial in such photon-starved situations. …”
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Criteria for single photon sources with variable nonclassicality threshold by Lukáš Lachman, Radim Filip

“…We propose variable experimental tests, based on adjustable linear optical networks and single photon detectors, giving a hierarchy of such nonclassicality criteria. …”
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