Performance limits due to thermal transport in graphene single-photon bolometers

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Main Authors: Fried, Caleb, Russell, B. Jordan, Arnault, Ethan G., Huang, Bevin, Lee, Gil-Ho, Englund, Dirk, Henriksen, Erik A., Fong, Kin Chung
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Published: 2023
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author Fried, Caleb
Russell, B. Jordan
Arnault, Ethan G.
Huang, Bevin
Lee, Gil-Ho
Englund, Dirk
Henriksen, Erik A.
Fong, Kin Chung
author_facet Fried, Caleb
Russell, B. Jordan
Arnault, Ethan G.
Huang, Bevin
Lee, Gil-Ho
Englund, Dirk
Henriksen, Erik A.
Fong, Kin Chung
contents In high-sensitivity bolometers and calorimeters, the photon absorption often occurs at a finite distance from the temperature sensor to accommodate antennas or avoid the degradation of superconducting circuitry exposed to radiation. As a result, thermal propagation from the input to the temperature readout can critically affect detector performance. In this report we model the performance of a graphene bolometer, accounting for electronic thermal diffusion and dissipation via electron-phonon coupling at low temperatures in three regimes: clean, supercollision, and resonant scattering. Our results affirm the feasibility of a superconducting readout without Cooper-pair breaking by mid- and near-infrared photons, and provide a recipe for designing graphene absorbers for calorimetric single-photon detectors. We investigate the tradeoff between the input-readout distance and detector efficiency, and predict an intrinsic timing jitter of ~2.7 ps. Based on our result, we propose a spatial-mode-resolving photon detector to increase communication bandwidth.
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spellingShingle Performance limits due to thermal transport in graphene single-photon bolometers
Fried, Caleb
Russell, B. Jordan
Arnault, Ethan G.
Huang, Bevin
Lee, Gil-Ho
Englund, Dirk
Henriksen, Erik A.
Fong, Kin Chung
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
In high-sensitivity bolometers and calorimeters, the photon absorption often occurs at a finite distance from the temperature sensor to accommodate antennas or avoid the degradation of superconducting circuitry exposed to radiation. As a result, thermal propagation from the input to the temperature readout can critically affect detector performance. In this report we model the performance of a graphene bolometer, accounting for electronic thermal diffusion and dissipation via electron-phonon coupling at low temperatures in three regimes: clean, supercollision, and resonant scattering. Our results affirm the feasibility of a superconducting readout without Cooper-pair breaking by mid- and near-infrared photons, and provide a recipe for designing graphene absorbers for calorimetric single-photon detectors. We investigate the tradeoff between the input-readout distance and detector efficiency, and predict an intrinsic timing jitter of ~2.7 ps. Based on our result, we propose a spatial-mode-resolving photon detector to increase communication bandwidth.
title Performance limits due to thermal transport in graphene single-photon bolometers
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.00228