Fluctuation Mechanisms in Superconductors

Nanowire Single-Photon Counters, Enabled by Effective Top-Down Manufacturing
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-658-12245-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 7189 g

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).   

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bartolf, Holger

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Biomaterialien, Nanomaterialien, Kohlenstoff
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Halbleiter- und Supraleiterphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface - Vortex-Fluctuation and Single-Photon Detection.- Introduction.- Part I: Nanoscale Manufacturing Developments.- Considerations for Nanoscale Manufacturing.- Superconducting Thin-Film Preparation.- Nanoscale-Precise Coordinate System: Scalable, GDSII-Design.- Thin-Film Structuring.- Device Manufacturing.- Proof of Principle of the Above Described Approach.- Part II: Nanoscaled Superconductivity and its Application in Single-Photon Detectors.- Motivation for Part II.- Metallic and Superconducting States.- Fluctuation Mechanisms in Superconductors.- Static Electronic Transport Measurements.- Theoretical Models of Current-Induced Fluctuations.- Time-Resolved Photon- and Fluctuation Detection.- Concluding Remarks and Recent Nanowire Developments.

Über Autor(innen)

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.