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Superconducting dual-resolution single-photon detectors with parallel nanowires
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Ye Wu1, Xu Tao1, 2, Changyu Hu1, 2
Electronic Measurement Technology | 2026, 49(6) : 47 - 55
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Electronic Measurement Technology | 2026, 49(6): 47-55
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Superconducting dual-resolution single-photon detectors with parallel nanowires
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Ye Wu1, Xu Tao1, 2, Changyu Hu1, 2
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  • 1.School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
  • 2.Jiangsu Integrated Circuit Reliability Technology and Testing System Engineering Research Center, Wuxi University, Wuxi 214105, China
doi: 10.19651/j.cnki.emt.2519352
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This paper proposes a superconducting parallel-nanowire dual-resolution single-photon detector capable of simultaneously achieving photon-number resolution and spatial-position resolution under a single-output readout scheme. The detector consists of N superconducting nanowire units connected in parallel. Each unit incorporates a uniquely valued marking resistor in parallel to form an asymmetric resistor network, along with a series resistor of identical value. The entire array is biased by a common current source and read out through a single output channel. Taking a four-pixel structure as an example, with gradient-distributed shunt resistors (100, 200, 400, and 800 Ω) and a 50 Ω series resistor, LTspice simulations demonstrate that the superposition of response pulse amplitudes enables simultaneous discrimination of both photon number and spatial location, allowing up to 4-photon events and 15 distinct spatial response patterns to be identified. Further analysis indicates that the proposed structure effectively suppresses current shunting and latching effects commonly found in conventional parallel-nanowire detectors, thereby enhancing operational stability, albeit at the cost of reduced output signal amplitude and signal-to-noise ratio. This study provides a novel and feasible technical pathway for developing dual-resolution PNDs, offering a new perspective for future large-scale, high-count-rate, and low-SWaP-C multifunctional PNDs with full-information acquisition capabilities, thereby broadening potential applications in quantum imaging, lidar, and quantum communication.

superconducting parallel nanowire single-photon detector  /  photon-number resolution  /  spatial-position resolution  /  LTspice simulation
Ye Wu, Xu Tao, Changyu Hu. Superconducting dual-resolution single-photon detectors with parallel nanowires[J]. Electronic Measurement Technology, 2026 , 49 (6) : 47 -55 . DOI: 10.19651/j.cnki.emt.2519352
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doi: 10.19651/j.cnki.emt.2519352
  • Receive Date:2025-07-13
  • Online Date:2026-05-15
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  • Received:2025-07-13
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    1.School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
    2.Jiangsu Integrated Circuit Reliability Technology and Testing System Engineering Research Center, Wuxi University, Wuxi 214105, China
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