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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 73 / Issue 6 / OPTICS

Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 735 (1998); doi:10.1063/1.121984 (3 pages)

Detection of single infrared, optical, and ultraviolet photons using superconducting transition edge sensors

B. Cabrera, R. M. Clarke, P. Colling, A. J. Miller, S. Nam, and R. W. Romani

Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060

(Received 2 March 1998; accepted 8 June 1998)

We have demonstrated the use of superconducting transition edge sensors for the wide-band detection of individual photons from the mid infrared (IR), through the optical, and into the far ultraviolet (UV). These tungsten transition edge sensors are squares about 18 μm on a side and detect single photon events above a threshold of 0.3 eV (4 μm wavelength), with an energy resolution of 0.15 eV full width at half maximum, and with a risetime (falltime) of .5 μs (60 μs). The calibration data extend up to the UV cutoff of the fiber optic feed at 3.5 eV (350 nm). © 1998 American Institute of Physics.

© 1998 American Institute of Physics

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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

photodetectors, infrared detectors, SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES, RADIATION DETECTORS, INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE RADIATION, ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION, TUNGSTEN, FIBER OPTICS, THIN FILMS, JOULE HEATING

PACS

  • 85.60.Gz

    Photodetectors (including infrared and CCD detectors)

  • 07.57.Kp

    Bolometers; infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave, and radiowave receivers and detectors

  • 85.25.Pb

    Superconducting infrared, submillimeter and millimeter wave detectors

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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