Paper 13103-5
Paper 13103-5
A 64-pixel mid-infrared single-photon imager based on superconducting nanowire detectors
On demand | Presented live 16 June 2024 
Abstract
We demonstrate a 64-pixel single-photon imager based on superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) capable of counting single photons up to a wavelength of 10μm. This technology could be useful in future space telescopes in applications such as exoplanet transit spectroscopy.
Presenter
Benedikt Hampel
National Institute of Standards and Technology (United States)
Benedikt Hampel is a Research Associate in the Quantum Nanophotonics Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, CO and at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research interest focuses on the integration of Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors (SNSPDs) into ion traps for quantum computing applications in collaboration with NIST’s Time and Frequency division and on the development of large scale SNSPD arrays for the mid-infrared.