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、*
Author Affiliations
  • 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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    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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