Single-Photon Detectors
- Typ: Vorlesung
- Lehrstuhl: IMS
- Semester: Wintersemester
-
Ort:
R 108 (1. Stock)
-
Zeit:
Mo. 08:00 - 09:30
- Dozent:
- SWS: 2
- ECTS: 3
- LVNr.: 2312680
-
Prüfung:
mündlich, ca. 20 min.
-
Hinweis:
Online
Sprache: Englisch
Links
Objectives:
Overview of modern single-photon detectors: basic characteristics, principle of operation, areas of application, challenges in development and optimization of detectors and detection systems.
Topics:
Introduction
Basic characteristics and types of detectors and detection systems
Areas of applications of single-photon detectors (SPD) and key requirements for SPD
Photomultiplier tubes and microchannel plates detectors
Avalanche photodiodes
Visible light photon counter
Quantum dot FET
Up-conversion SPD
Basics of superconductivity
Transition edge sensors
Superconducting tunnel junctions
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector