Single-photon imager based on a superconducting nanowire delay line

• DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2017.35
• Publication Date: 2017-03-27T19:31:33Z
• Authors: Qing-Yuan Zhao; Di Zhu; Niccolò Calandri; Andrew E. Dane; Adam N. McCaughan; Francesco Bellei; Hao-Zhu Wang; Daniel F. Santavicca; Karl K. Berggren
• Keywords: Temporal resolution

A superconducting nanowire acting as a single-photon detector and as a microwave delay line is used to demonstrate an imaging device at the single-photon level with sub-20-µm spatial resolution and 50-ps temporal resolution.