Parrianen, Josie Dzifa Akua, Papageorgiou, Andreas, Doyle, Simon and Pascale, Enzo 2018. Modelling the performance of single-photon counting kinetic inductance detectors. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 193 (3-4) , pp. 113-119. 10.1007/s10909-018-2064-3 |
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Abstract
We present the first published results of near-infrared single-photon detection in aluminium lumped element kinetic inductance detectors (LEKIDs). Using aluminium as a well-understood material that follows conventional superconductor theory, we discuss and validate a model that describes the energy-resolving performance of a LEKID to single-photon absorption events. We also discuss data analysis techniques used to extract single-photon detections from noisy data. We measure an energy resolution of 662 meV for a 1550 nm photon source which is in close agreement to our model predictions for this non-optimised device limited by generation–recombination noise.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Physics and Astronomy |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag (Germany) |
ISSN: | 0022-2291 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 4 September 2018 |
Date of Acceptance: | 28 September 2018 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2020 03:43 |
URI: | http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/114606 |
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