SUPERCONDUCTING NBN TERAHERTZ DETECTORS AND INFRARED PHOTON COUNTERS

Aleksandr A. Korneev
1. Moscow State Pedagogical University Moscow, Russia
akorneev@rplab.ru
Matvey I. Finkel
1. Moscow State Pedagogical University Moscow, Russia
Sergey N. Maslennikov
1. Moscow State Pedagogical University Moscow, Russia
The material was received by the Editorial Board: 15.09.2010
We present our recent achievements in the development of sensitive and ultrafast thin-film superconducting sensors: hot-electron bolometers (HEB), HEB-mixers for terahertz range and infrared single-photon counters. These sensors have already demonstrated a performance that makes them devices-of-choice for many terahertz and optical applications.

Keywords:
Hot electron bolometer mixers, infrared single-photon detectors, superconducting device fabrication, superconducting NbN films.
УДК 538.9

SUPERCONDUCTING NBN TERAHERTZ DETECTORS AND INFRARED PHOTON COUNTERS
References: Korneev A., Finkel M., Maslennikov S., Korneeva Yu., Florya I., Tarkhov M., Elezov M., Ryabchun S., Tretyakov I., Isupova A., Voronov B., Goltsman G. SUPERCONDUCTING NBN TERAHERTZ DETECTORS AND INFRARED PHOTON COUNTERS. Vestnik NSU. Series: Physics. 2010, vol. 5, no. 4. P. 68–72. DOI: 10.54362/1818-7919-2010-5-4-68-72