Overview
Superconducting cryogenic single-photon detectors are explained including analytical models of the detection mechanism and the historical development of low-temperature superconductivity is debated by numerous (
The mathematical formalism (
A unique and novel approach on how to manufacture high-quality nanoscaled devices which measure only a few hundreds of atoms
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Nanoscale Manufacturing Process Developments
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Nanoscaled Superconductivity and its Application in Single-Photon Detectors
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Back Matter
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About this book
Holger Bartolf discusses state-of-the-art detection concepts based on superconducting nanotechnology as well as sophisticated analytical formulæ that model dissipative fluctuation-phenomena in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. Such knowledge is desirable for the development of advanced devices which are designed to possess an intrinsic robustness against vortex-fluctuations and it provides the perspective for honorable fundamental science in condensed matter physics. Especially the nanowire detector allows for ultra-low noise detection of signals with single-photon sensitivity and GHz repetition rates. Such devices have a huge potential for future technological impact and might enable unique applications (e.g. high rate interplanetary deep-space data links from Mars to Earth).
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Holger Bartolf studied Solid State Physics at the Universities of Karlsruhe and Zürich. In 2011 he relocated at the Swiss Corporate Research Center of a leading company in power and automation technologies where his current interests focus on the applied R&D of the next generation of power semiconductors.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fluctuation Mechanisms in Superconductors
Book Subtitle: Nanowire Single-Photon Counters, Enabled by Effective Top-Down Manufacturing
Authors: Holger Bartolf
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12246-1
Publisher: Springer Spektrum Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-658-12245-4Published: 23 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-21510-1Published: 27 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-12246-1Published: 16 December 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 328
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 90 illustrations in colour
Topics: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Nanotechnology