| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 335, 2025
EOS Annual Meeting (EOSAM 2025)
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| Article Number | 11003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 2 | |
| Section | Focused Session - Mid-Infrared Photonics: Materials, Devices, and Applications | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202533511003 | |
| Published online | 22 September 2025 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202533511003
Pushing The Limits of Mid-Wave Infrared Detection with Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors
1 Single Quantum B.V., Delft, the Netherlands
2 Walter Schottky Institute, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
Published online: 22 September 2025
Abstract
Extending single-photon detection capabilities into the mid- infrared is expected to have far-reaching implications for long-wavelength quantum optics, quantum and free-space communication, astronomy, environmental monitoring, and fundamental molecular sciences. We showcase the development of short-wave infrared (2.2-2.3 µm) and mid- wave infrared (3.0 µm) superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs). In both wavelength ranges, we venture beyond state-of-the-art and achieve the best-reported system detection efficiencies and specific detectivity. We discuss the challenges in cryogenics, optics, and SNSPD design and use our mid-infrared single-photon detection to characterize emerging materials platforms and quantum emitters in a previously unattainable manner.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2025
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