Holger Bartolf

Fluctuation Mechanisms in Superconductors

Nanowire Single-Photon Counters, Enabled by Effective Top-Down Manufacturing

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Produktbeschreibung

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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden / Springer Spektrum / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-658-12245-4
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 173mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9783658122454
• ISBN-10: 3658122455
• Artikelnr.: 44073186

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.