Investigation of dark count rate in NbRe microstrips for single photon detection
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2023
Superconducting microstrip single photon detectors (SMSPDs) received great interest since they are expected to combine the excellent performance of superconducting nanostrip single photon detectors with the possibility to cover large active areas using low-cost fabrication techniques. In this work, we fabricated SMSPDs based on NbRe to investigate the role of vortices in the dark counts events in this innovative material and in devices with micrometer size. We realized devices with different layouts, namely single microstrips and pairs of parallel microstrips. The energy barriers related to the motion of single vortices or vortex-antivortex pairs, responsible of detection events, have been determined and compared with the ones of similar devices based on different materials, such as MoSi, WSi and NbN. The analysis confirms the high potential of NbRe for the realization of superconducting single photon detectors with large areas.
NbRe microstrips
superconducting microstrips single photon detectors
dark counts
Författare
P. Ercolano
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
C. Cirillo
SPIN CNR Institute - Salerno
M. Ejrnaes
CNR - SuPerconducting and other INnovative materials and devices institute, Napoli
Federico Chianese
Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Kvantkomponentfysik
D. Salvoni
Ltd Jiashan
C. Bruscino
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
R. Satariano
CNR - SuPerconducting and other INnovative materials and devices institute, Napoli
A. Cassinese
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
C. Attanasio
Universita degli Studi di Salerno
G. P. Pepe
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
L. Parlato
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Superconductor Science and Technology
0953-2048 (ISSN) 1361-6668 (eISSN)
Vol. 36 10 105011Ämneskategorier
Den kondenserade materiens fysik
DOI
10.1088/1361-6668/acf24a