---
_id: '37933'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: <jats:p>We present a time-over-threshold readout technique to count the number
    of activated pixels from an array of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors
    (SNSPDs). This technique places no additional heatload on the cryostat, and retains
    the intrinsic count rate of the time-tagger. We demonstrate proof-of-principle
    operation with respect to a four-pixel device. Furthermore, we show that, given
    some permissible error threshold, the number of pixels that can be reliably read
    out scales linearly with the intrinsic signal-to-noise ratio of the individual
    pixel response.</jats:p>
article_number: '5528'
author:
- first_name: Johannes
  full_name: Tiedau, Johannes
  last_name: Tiedau
- first_name: Timon
  full_name: Schapeler, Timon
  id: '55629'
  last_name: Schapeler
  orcid: 0000-0001-7652-1716
- first_name: Vikas
  full_name: Anant, Vikas
  last_name: Anant
- first_name: Helmut
  full_name: Fedder, Helmut
  last_name: Fedder
- first_name: Christine
  full_name: Silberhorn, Christine
  id: '26263'
  last_name: Silberhorn
- first_name: Tim
  full_name: Bartley, Tim
  id: '49683'
  last_name: Bartley
citation:
  ama: Tiedau J, Schapeler T, Anant V, Fedder H, Silberhorn C, Bartley T. Single-channel
    electronic readout of a multipixel superconducting nanowire single photon detector.
    <i>Optics Express</i>. 2020;28(4). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.383111">10.1364/oe.383111</a>
  apa: Tiedau, J., Schapeler, T., Anant, V., Fedder, H., Silberhorn, C., &#38; Bartley,
    T. (2020). Single-channel electronic readout of a multipixel superconducting nanowire
    single photon detector. <i>Optics Express</i>, <i>28</i>(4), Article 5528. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.383111">https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.383111</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Tiedau_Schapeler_Anant_Fedder_Silberhorn_Bartley_2020, title={Single-channel
    electronic readout of a multipixel superconducting nanowire single photon detector},
    volume={28}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.383111">10.1364/oe.383111</a>},
    number={45528}, journal={Optics Express}, publisher={Optica Publishing Group},
    author={Tiedau, Johannes and Schapeler, Timon and Anant, Vikas and Fedder, Helmut
    and Silberhorn, Christine and Bartley, Tim}, year={2020} }'
  chicago: Tiedau, Johannes, Timon Schapeler, Vikas Anant, Helmut Fedder, Christine
    Silberhorn, and Tim Bartley. “Single-Channel Electronic Readout of a Multipixel
    Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector.” <i>Optics Express</i> 28, no.
    4 (2020). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.383111">https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.383111</a>.
  ieee: 'J. Tiedau, T. Schapeler, V. Anant, H. Fedder, C. Silberhorn, and T. Bartley,
    “Single-channel electronic readout of a multipixel superconducting nanowire single
    photon detector,” <i>Optics Express</i>, vol. 28, no. 4, Art. no. 5528, 2020,
    doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.383111">10.1364/oe.383111</a>.'
  mla: Tiedau, Johannes, et al. “Single-Channel Electronic Readout of a Multipixel
    Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector.” <i>Optics Express</i>, vol.
    28, no. 4, 5528, Optica Publishing Group, 2020, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.383111">10.1364/oe.383111</a>.
  short: J. Tiedau, T. Schapeler, V. Anant, H. Fedder, C. Silberhorn, T. Bartley,
    Optics Express 28 (2020).
date_created: 2023-01-22T17:13:35Z
date_updated: 2025-12-18T17:10:24Z
department:
- _id: '288'
- _id: '15'
- _id: '623'
- _id: '230'
doi: 10.1364/oe.383111
intvolume: '        28'
issue: '4'
keyword:
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- and Optics
language:
- iso: eng
project:
- _id: '237'
  name: 'PhoG: Sub-Poissonian Photon Gun by Coherent Diffusive Photonics - EU Flagship
    Project'
- _id: '209'
  name: 'ISOQC: Quantenkommunikation mit integrierter Optik im Zusammenhang mit supraleitender
    Elektronik'
publication: Optics Express
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1094-4087
publication_status: published
publisher: Optica Publishing Group
status: public
title: Single-channel electronic readout of a multipixel superconducting nanowire
  single photon detector
type: journal_article
user_id: '55629'
volume: 28
year: '2020'
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