Mohsen K. Akhlaghi, Haig Atikian, Amin Eftekharian, Marko Loncar, A. Hamed Majedi
We have experimentally compared the critical current, dark count rate and photo-response of 100nm wide superconducting nanowires with different bend designs. Enhanced critical current for nanowires with optimally rounded bends, and thus with no current crowding, are observed. Furthermore, we find that the optimally designed bend significantly reduces the dark counts without compromising the photo-response of the device. The results can lead to major improvements in superconducting nanowire single photon detectors.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.4290
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