Single photon detection in micron scale NbN and α-MoSi superconducting strips Yuliya Korneeva, Denis Vodolazov, Irina Florya, Nadegda Manova, Eugenii Smirnov, Alexander Korneev, Michail Mikhailov, Gregory Goltsman and Teunis M. Klapwijk EPJ Web Conf., 190 (2018) 04010 Published online: 26 September 2018 DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201819004010