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Quantum Information Networks with Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors

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The advent of high performance practical superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) has enabled rapid progress in a range of quantum information technologies, including quantum key distribution, characterization of single photon sources and quantum interface technologies. This chapter gives an overview of these recent advances.

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Miki, S., Fujiwara, M., Jin, RB., Yamamoto, T., Sasaki, M. (2016). Quantum Information Networks with Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors. In: Hadfield, R., Johansson, G. (eds) Superconducting Devices in Quantum Optics. Quantum Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24091-6_5

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