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SUMMARY:Nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors: towards the ulti
 mate optical detector
DTSTART:20140307T141500
DTSTAMP:20260510T164926Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Andrea Fiore\, COBRA Research Institute\, Eindhoven Univ
 . Technol.\, The Netherlands\nIn this talk single-photon detectors based o
 n superconducting nanowires will be described\, which provide unmatched se
 nsitivity\, speed and temporal resolution at telecom wavelengths. After a 
 general overview of the operation principle and performance\, the physical
  processes governing the detector's single- and multi-photon response will
  be addressed.  Novel detector concepts leading to more advanced function
 alities\, such as photon-number-resolution\, will also be discussed.\nBio:
  Andrea Fiore graduated in Electrical Engineering (1994) and in Physics (1
 996) at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". From 1994 to 1997 he carried
  out his PhD thesis on nonlinear frequency conversion in semiconductor wav
 eguides at Thomson CSF Central Research Laboratory (Orsay\, France). He th
 en held postdoctoral appointments at the University of California at Santa
  Barbara (1997-98) on vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and at the E
 cole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (1998-2001) on quantum dot laser
 s\, and a researcher position at the Italian National Research Council (20
 01-2002). From 2002 to 2007\, he led the activity on Quantum Devices (quan
 tum dot lasers\, single-photon sources and detectors) at the Ecole Polytec
 hnique Fédérale de Lausanne as assistant professor. Since October 2007\,
  he has been full professor at TU/e. Prof. Fiore has been a principal inve
 stigator in many national projects (including the prestigious “Professeu
 r boursier” and “Vici” personal grants)\, team leader in four EU pro
 jects\, and coordinator of EU-FP6 project “SINPHONIA”. He has coauthor
 ed over 100 journal articles and given around 30 invited talks at internat
 ional conferences.
LOCATION:PH L1 503 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=PHL1503
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