A superconducting NbN detector for neutral nanoparticles

Markus Marksteiner; Alexander Divochiy; Michele Sclafani; Philipp Haslinger; Hendrik Ulbricht; Alexander Korneev; Alexander Semenov; Gregory Gol'tsman; Markus Arndt

doi:10.1088/0957-4484/20/45/455501

A superconducting NbN detector for neutral nanoparticles

Markus Marksteiner, Alexander Divochiy, Michele Sclafani, Philipp Haslinger, Hendrik Ulbricht, Alexander Korneev, Alexander Semenov, Gregory Gol'tsman, Markus Arndt (Corresponding author)

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Abstract

We present a proof-of-principle study of superconducting single photon detectors (SSPD) for the detection of individual neutral molecules/nanoparticles at low energies. The new detector is applied to characterize a laser desorption source for biomolecules and allows retrieval of the arrival time distribution of a pulsed molecular beam containing the amino acid tryptophan, the polypeptide gramicidin as well as insulin, myoglobin and hemoglobin. We discuss the experimental evidence that the detector is actually sensitive to isolated neutral particles.

Original language	English
Article number	455501
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nanotechnology
Volume	20
Issue number	45
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/20/45/455501
Publication status	Published - 2009

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103026 Quantum optics

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A superconducting NbN detector for neutral nanoparticles

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