Speaker
Matt Shaw
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Description
Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) are the most advanced sensors available for time-resolved single photon counting from the ultraviolet to the infrared. We will discuss recent advances in SNSPD technology, including demonstration of dark count rates below 1e-5 cps, scaling to large-format arrays (up to 400 kpix), single-photon sensitivity at wavelengths as long as 29 µm, ultra-high time resolution (as short as 3ps FWHM at visible wavelengths), and ultra-high count rates (1.5 Gcps). We will discuss the prospects for extending these performance metrics even further, and discuss potential applications of SNSPD technology in HEP, including dark matter detection.
