Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 9, 0904002(2024)

Room-Temperature Readout Circuit for Improving Counting Rate of Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector

Junjie Wu1,3, Yuqi Dong1, Chengjun Zhang2, Xuxiao Wan2, Feng Shao2, Yu Ding2, Yanyang Jiang2, and Lü Chaolin2、*
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  • 1School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Information and Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu , China
  • 2Photon Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., Jiaxing 314100, Zhejiang , China
  • 3School of Electronics Information Engineering, Wuxi University, Wuxi 214105, Jiangsu , China
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    The counting rate (CR) is critical for superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD). This study presents a method for improving the CR of SNSPD at room temperature. Based on a distributed circuit model of the SNSPD system, the influencing factors of signal integrity and CR are simulated and analyzed. By introducing a flexible wire with very low heat leakage, the problem of signal integrity is solved, and the CR can be increased by the series resistor at room temperature. The CR of the device is increased by 5.3 times through a 150 Ω series resistor at room temperature without affecting the detection efficiency and dark count rate of the SNSPD system. The proposed method is simple and satisfies the requirements of increasing the CR of SNSPD in real time.

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    Junjie Wu, Yuqi Dong, Chengjun Zhang, Xuxiao Wan, Feng Shao, Yu Ding, Yanyang Jiang, Lü Chaolin. Room-Temperature Readout Circuit for Improving Counting Rate of Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(9): 0904002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Detectors

    Received: Jan. 7, 2023

    Accepted: Feb. 27, 2023

    Published Online: May. 22, 2024

    The Author Email: Lü Chaolin (cllv@cnphotec.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP223108

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP223108

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