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Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2022
Applicant:

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, JP;

Inventors:

Shigehito Miki, Koganei, JP;

Hirotaka Terai, Koganei, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2013.01); G01J 1/0425 (2013.01); G01J 2001/442 (2013.01);
Abstract

A superconducting single-photon detection system includes: a plurality of optical transmission paths through each of which a photon emitted from a light source is transmitted; a plurality of superconducting single-photon detectors (hereinafter referred to as 'SSPDs') that are independent of each other and in one-to-one correspondence with the optical transmission paths; and a superconducting logic circuit that multiplexes first pulse signals output from the SSPDs. A photon entry time at which the photon enters each of the SSPDs through a corresponding one of the optical transmission paths is different for each of the optical transmission paths, and a difference in the photon entry time between the optical transmission paths is greater than a pulse width of a corresponding one of second pulse signals output from the superconducting logic circuit.


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