%0 Journal Article %1 schmidt2018characterization %A Schmidt, Ekkehart %A Reutter, Eric %A Schwartz, Mario %A Vural, Hüseyin %A Ilin, Konstantin %A Jetter, Michael %A Michler, Peter %A Siegel, Michael %D 2019 %K ihfg %R 10.1109/TASC.2019.2905566 %T Characterization of a photon-number resolving SNSPD using Poissonian and sub-Poissonian light %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1810.11256 %X Photon-number resolving (PNR) single-photon detectors are of interest for a wide range of applications in the emerging field of photon based quantum technologies. Especially photonic integrated circuits will pave the way for a high complexity and ease of use of quantum photonics. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are of special interest since they combine a high detection efficiency and a high timing accuracy with a high count rate and they can be configured as PNR-SNSPDs. Here, we present a PNR-SNSPD with a four photon resolution suitable for waveguide integration operating at a temperature of 4 K. A high statistical accuracy for the photon number is achieved for a Poissonian light source at a photon flux below 5 photons/pulse with a detection efficiency of 22.7 +- 3.0% at 900 nm and a pulse rate frequency of 76 MHz. We demonstrate the ability of such a detector to discriminate a sub-Poissonian from a Poissonian light source.

@article{schmidt2018characterization, abstract = {Photon-number resolving (PNR) single-photon detectors are of interest for a wide range of applications in the emerging field of photon based quantum technologies. Especially photonic integrated circuits will pave the way for a high complexity and ease of use of quantum photonics. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are of special interest since they combine a high detection efficiency and a high timing accuracy with a high count rate and they can be configured as PNR-SNSPDs. Here, we present a PNR-SNSPD with a four photon resolution suitable for waveguide integration operating at a temperature of 4 K. A high statistical accuracy for the photon number is achieved for a Poissonian light source at a photon flux below 5 photons/pulse with a detection efficiency of 22.7 +- 3.0% at 900 nm and a pulse rate frequency of 76 MHz. We demonstrate the ability of such a detector to discriminate a sub-Poissonian from a Poissonian light source.}, added-at = {2019-05-20T12:38:34.000+0200}, author = {Schmidt, Ekkehart and Reutter, Eric and Schwartz, Mario and Vural, Hüseyin and Ilin, Konstantin and Jetter, Michael and Michler, Peter and Siegel, Michael}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2c3146fb638b086edb7ec2f352015c38d/renerehwagen}, description = {[1810.11256] Characterization of a photon-number resolving SNSPD using Poissonian and sub-Poissonian light}, doi = {10.1109/TASC.2019.2905566}, interhash = {780924104f45cacf2023e769e2374168}, intrahash = {c3146fb638b086edb7ec2f352015c38d}, keywords = {ihfg}, note = {cite arxiv:1810.11256}, timestamp = {2020-02-24T11:33:00.000+0100}, title = {Characterization of a photon-number resolving SNSPD using Poissonian and sub-Poissonian light }, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1810.11256}, year = 2019 }