Push the limits of your photonic experiments and applications to new heights with our Swiss-made superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs), combining incredibly high detection efficiency, timing precision, low noise and fast recovery time.

In a single ID281 system, mix and match up to 16 detectors, available in a range of specifications customizable to each user, including our Standard (single-pixel), Ultrafast (parallel-pixel) and Photon-Number-Resolving/PNR (parallel-pixel) options.

For added convenience and mobility, the full ID281 system is also available in a range of self-contained rack-mounted solutions.

Get the best out of your photonic experiments and applications with the ID281 Superconducting Nanowire Series today.

• Near-perfect detection efficiency: can exceed 95%
• Ultra-low noise: as low as < 1 Hz dark count rate
• Superb precision with built-in cryogenic amplifiers: as low as < 25 ps timing jitter
• Mix and match up to 16 detectors, upgrade any time
• High count rates: ultrafast detectors with maximum detection rates above 100 MHz
• Hardware-based true latch-free operation at any detection rate

• Hardware-based true latch-free operation at any detection rate
• Continuous system operation
• Extended system lifetime through periodic automated helium recycling
• Reliable and robust performance, with worldwide round-the-clock technical support included
• OPTIONAL:
  • Self-contained rack-mounted systems
  • Advanced time-tagging, coincidence filtering and delay/pulse generation

The single-photon detectors are Swiss-made SNSPDs, featuring high detection efficiency, low jitter, low noise and short recovery time. The detectors (between 2 and 16 SNSPDs in one cryogenic system) are integrated into an automated closed-cycle cryostat, providing ease-of-use and unrivalled device performance for long-term multi-year operation.

 

ID281 Standard SNSPD: a single-pixel SNSPD design, with a linear nanowire meander, offering the best overall performance in terms of system detection efficiency, detector noise, and timing precision.

ID281 Ultrafast SNSPD: a parallel-pixel SNSPD design, again with four or eight nanowire sub-pixels, but instead used to mitigate the photon pile-up effect. Recovery times below 10 ns can be achieved with these devices, while still benefiting from the efficiency, precision, noise performance and broadband operation of the ID281 SNSPD range.

ID281 Photon-number-resolving: a parallel-pixel SNSPD design, with each detector formed of either four or eight nanowire sub-pixels connected electrically in parallel. These devices offer the unique ability to discriminate up to eight-photon states in one measurement, while still benefiting from the efficiency, precision, noise performance and broadband operation of the ID281 SNSPD range.