Abstract
We evidence the nanoscale nature of photodetection in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors by a spatially-resolved efficiency measurement. A novel nanoscale detector, with 100×100 nm2 active area, is also demonstrated using an artificial constriction.
© 2008 Optical Society of America
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