Single-photon detectors for ultra-low-voltage time-resolved emission measurements of VLSI circuits

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Stellari ◽  
P. Song ◽  
A. J. Weger
Keyword(s):  
Low Voltage ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Vlsi Circuits ◽  
Photon Detectors ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Single Photon Detectors

A Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector (SnSPD) System for Ultra Low Voltage Time-Resolved Emission (TRE) Measurements of VLSI Circuits

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franco Stellari ◽  
Alan J. Weger ◽  
Seongwon Kim ◽  
Dzmitry Maliuk ◽  
Peilin Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Vlsi Circuits ◽  
Photon Detector ◽  
Single Photon Detector ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Superconducting Nanowire ◽  
Emission Light

Abstract In this paper, we present a Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector (SnSPD) system and its application to ultra low voltage Time-Resolved Emission (TRE) measurements (also known as Picosecond Imaging Circuit Analysis, PICA) of scaled VLSI circuits. The 9 µm-diameter detector is housed in a closed loop cryostat and fiber coupled to an existing Emiscope III tool for collecting spontaneous emission light from the backside of integrated circuits (ICs) down to a world record 0.5 V supply voltage in a few minutes.

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for picosecond time resolved spectroscopic applications

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torsten May ◽  
Julia Toussaint ◽  
Roman Grüner ◽  
Marco Schubert ◽  
Hans-Georg Meyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Detectors ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Single Photon Detectors ◽  
Superconducting Nanowire

scholarly journals Considerations for Neuromorphic Supercomputing in Semiconducting and Superconducting Optoelectronic Hardware

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryce A. Primavera ◽  
Jeffrey M. Shainline
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Optics ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Superconducting Devices ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Photon Detectors ◽  
Analog Electronics ◽  
Analog Cmos ◽  
Single Photon Detectors

Any large-scale spiking neuromorphic system striving for complexity at the level of the human brain and beyond will need to be co-optimized for communication and computation. Such reasoning leads to the proposal for optoelectronic neuromorphic platforms that leverage the complementary properties of optics and electronics. Starting from the conjecture that future large-scale neuromorphic systems will utilize integrated photonics and fiber optics for communication in conjunction with analog electronics for computation, we consider two possible paths toward achieving this vision. The first is a semiconductor platform based on analog CMOS circuits and waveguide-integrated photodiodes. The second is a superconducting approach that utilizes Josephson junctions and waveguide-integrated superconducting single-photon detectors. We discuss available devices, assess scaling potential, and provide a list of key metrics and demonstrations for each platform. Both platforms hold potential, but their development will diverge in important respects. Semiconductor systems benefit from a robust fabrication ecosystem and can build on extensive progress made in purely electronic neuromorphic computing but will require III-V light source integration with electronics at an unprecedented scale, further advances in ultra-low capacitance photodiodes, and success from emerging memory technologies. Superconducting systems place near theoretically minimum burdens on light sources (a tremendous boon to one of the most speculative aspects of either platform) and provide new opportunities for integrated, high-endurance synaptic memory. However, superconducting optoelectronic systems will also contend with interfacing low-voltage electronic circuits to semiconductor light sources, the serial biasing of superconducting devices on an unprecedented scale, a less mature fabrication ecosystem, and cryogenic infrastructure.

scholarly journals On-chip time resolved detection of quantum dot emission using integrated superconducting single photon detectors

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Reithmaier ◽  
S. Lichtmannecker ◽  
T. Reichert ◽  
P. Hasch ◽  
K. Müller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dot ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Detectors ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Single Photon Detectors ◽  
On Chip

FIB-SEM as a tool for characterizing single-photon detectors

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Vilà ◽  
Juan Trenado ◽  
Albert Comerma ◽  
David Gascon ◽  
Anna Arbat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Detectors ◽  
Single Photon Detectors

scholarly journals Spatially dependent sensitivity of superconducting meanders as single-photon detectors

2012 ◽  
Vol 100 (26) ◽  
pp. 262603 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Berdiyorov ◽  
M. V. Milošević ◽  
F. M. Peeters
Keyword(s):  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Detectors ◽  
Single Photon Detectors
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