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Superconducting Photon Detectors

Session Organizers

Takashi Yamamoto
Osaka University
Shigehito Miki
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Session Chairs

Takashi Yamamoto
Osaka University
Shigehito Miki
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Session Information

This session focuses on the latest research developments in superconducting photon detectors across various quantum technologies, including quantum computing, quantum networking, and quantum sensing. All presentations in this session are given by invited speakers and will cover highly selective, hot topics, including theoretical perspectives, critically important technologies, and their applications.

Submitted Articles

Note: The following submitted articles are not guaranteed to be scheduled in the final program at this stage. The final presentation type and arranged session will be decided by Technical Program Committee.
Note: +: Presenting Author, *: Corresponding Author
Presenting Author Talk Time Paper Title | Authors | Abstract Session Date / Room
13:30

Invited
Advanced Photon Counting Applications with Superconducting Nanowire Detectors
+*Robert H. Hadfield (University of Glasgow)
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2P_11a
2025-11-07
PM
Room: 11 - 203
13:50

Invited
High-speed SNSPDs for Qubit Rate Scaling in Quantum Networks
+*Boris Korzh (University of Geneva), Andrew Mueller (California Institute of Technology), Towsif Taher (University of Geneva), Manish Sahu (University of Geneva), Andrew D. Beyer (California Institute of Technology), Matthew D. Shaw (California Institute of Technology), Maria Spiropulu (California Institute of Technology)
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2P_11a
2025-11-07
PM
Room: 11 - 203
14:10

Invited
Non-Gaussian Quantum State Generation with Photon-number Resolving Detector for Ultrafast Optical Quantum Information Processing
+*Mamoru Endo (University of Tokyo), Akira Furusawa (University of Tokyo)
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2P_11a
2025-11-07
PM
Room: 11 - 203
14:30

Invited
Development toward the Realization of SSPD System with Hundreds of Channels
+*Shigehito Miki (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology), Masahiro Yabuno (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology), Shigeyuki Miyajima (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology), Hirotaka Terai (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
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2P_11a
2025-11-07
PM
Room: 11 - 203
14:50

Invited
Theoretical Analysis of Photon Detection Mechanism in Superconducting Single-photon Detectors
+*Hiroaki Matsueda (Tohoku University), Yusuke Masaki (Tohoku University)
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2P_11a
2025-11-07
PM
Room: 11 - 203
15:10

Development of Mid to Far-infrared Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors
+*Sahil R. Patel (California Institute of Technology), Andrew Mueller (California Institute of Technology), Sasha Sypkens (California Institute of Technology), Gregor Taylor (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Bruce Bumble (California Institute of Technology), Boris Korzh (University of Geneva), Marco Colangelo (Northeastern University), Dip Joti Paul (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), ***, Alex Walter (California Institute of Technology), Jason P. Allmaras (California Institute of Technology), Benedikt Hampel (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Varun B. Verma (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Karl K. Berggren (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Matthew D. Shaw (California Institute of Technology), Emma E. Wollman (California Institute of Technology)
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2P_11a
2025-11-07
PM
Room: 11 - 203
15:25

Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector Arrays for Infrared Photon Counting Applications
+*Dmitry Morozov (University of Glasgow), Daniel Kuznesof (University of Glasgow), Ciaran Lennon (Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology), Nidhi Choudhary (University of Glasgow), Robert H. Hadfield (University of Glasgow)
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2P_11a
2025-11-07
PM
Room: 11 - 203
15:40Coffee Break

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