In quantum computers, information is often carried by single photons and picked up by structures named superconducting nanostrip single-photon detectors (SNSPDs). In principle, traditional type-I ...

New photon detector accelerates quantum key distribution Their device achieved a pixel count of 400,000 – some 400 times higher than existing state-of-the-art designs. But with further improvements, ...

The RCA photomultiplier he examines has ten stages and can detect even a single photon. Combined with a scintillating detector, they make good radiation detectors.

Recent findings confirm the conservation of orbital angular momentum in single-photon interactions, reinforcing fundamental ...

Quantum fan: the new single-photon detector comprises 32 superconducting nanowires. (Courtesy: Ryan Lannom, JPL-Caltech/NASA) A new photon detector called PEACOQ can register the arrival times of ...

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) have been widely used in various applications requiring single photon detection thanks to their attractive performances. Since SNSPDs are ...

NIST researchers have unveiled a new kind of single-photon detector array that can identify individual particles of light (photons).

Justin Gallagher/RIT The single-photon sensing and photon-number resolving detector before irradiation, mounted inside one of the Rochester Imaging Detector Lab’s chambers.

The superconducting nanowire single-photon detector, or SNSPD, is renowned for its application in photon based quantum technologies and has been used in fields such as quantum information processing ...

Artilux, the leader of GeSi (germanium-silicon) photonics technology and pioneer of CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) based SWIR (short-wavelength infrared) single photon detection ...