%0 Journal Article
%T Efficient single particle detection with a superconducting nanowire
%A Hatim Azzouz
%A Sander N. Dorenbos
%A Daniel De Vries
%A Esteban Berm¨²dez Ure£¿a
%J AIP Advances
%D 2012
%I AIP Publishing LLC
%R 10.1063/1.4740074
%X Detection of ¦Á- and ¦Â-particles is of paramount importance in a wide range of applications. Current particle detectors are all macroscopic and have limited time resolution. We demonstrate a nanoscale particle detector with a small detection volume, high detection efficiency, short dead times and low dark count levels. We measure ¦Á- and ¦Â-particle detection efficiencies close to unity using different sources and also demonstrate blindness towards ¦Ã-rays. Our nanoscale detector offers particle detection measurements with unprecendented spatial resolution.
%U http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.4740074