DYNAMICS OF THE RESISTIVE STATE IN NARROW SUPERCONDUCTING STRIPS AND ULTIMATE SPEED OF SUPERCONDUCTING SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS 

 

A. V. Semenov, A. A. Korneev, O. V. Okunev, A. V. Antipov

Moscow State Pedagogical University

Received November 14, 2011

 

Abstract. We model a dynamics of the resistive state created in narrow current-biased thin-film superconducting strip after absorption of a photon. On basis of this we estimate the ultimate of superconducting single-photon detector.

Keywords: superconducting thin films, resistive state, superconducting single-photon detector.