Konstantin Ilin

Improved energy resolution of a superconducting single-photon detector (2008)

Semenov, Alexey, Haas, Philipp, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Ilin, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, Kirste, Alexander, ...

We demonstrated successful operation of an NbN single photon detector in the temperature range from 6 K to 1.2 K using a 3He sorption refrigerator combined with a pulse-tube mechanical cooler. The...

Current-induced critical state in NbN thin-film structures (2008)

Ilin, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, Engel, Andreas, Bartolf, Holger, Schilling, Andreas, Semenov, Alexey, ...

The temperature dependence of the critical current of NbN thin-film bridges was experimentally studied. At low temperatures we observed significant enhancement (up to two times at 4 K) of the...

Energy resolution of a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (2008)

Semenov, Alexey, Haas, Philipp, Günther, Burdhardt, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Ilin, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael

An energy resolution of 0.6 eV was achieved with an NbN superconducting nanowire single-photon detector for near infrared photons in the energy range from 1.2 eV to 0.8 eV. The detector operates at 6...

Vortex-based single-photon response in nanostructured superconducting detectors (2008)

Semenov, Alexey, Haas, Philipp, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Ilin, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, Kirste, Alexander, ...

In nanostructured superconducting films interaction of magnetic vortices with radiation quanta provides an additional mechanism of radiation detection. Below the Kosterlitz–Thouless topological...

Temperature- and field-dependence of critical currents in NbN microbridges (2008)

Engel, Andreas, Bartolf, Holger, Schilling, Andreas, Ilin, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, Semenov, Alexei, ...

We report measurements of the critical current of nano- and micrometer-sized NbN bridges as a function of temperature and magnetic eld. The bridges were fabricated from 4 to 10 nm thick, sputtered...

Ultra-thin NbN films on Si: crystalline and superconducting properties (2008)

Ilin, Konstantin, Schneider, R, Gerthsen, D, Engel, Andreas, Bartolf, Holger, Schilling, Andreas, ...

We present results on superconducting and crystalline properties of NbN films with a thickness smaller than 10 nm. The films were deposited using reactive magnetron sputtering on heated silicon...

Energy resolution and sensitivity of a superconducting quantum detector (2007)

Semenov, Alexey, Haas, Philipp, Ilin, Konstantin, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Siegel, Michael, Engel, Andreas, ...

Single-photon detectors from thin niobium nitride nanostrips show moderate energy resolution along with the cut-off of the quantum efficiency in the near-infrared spectral range. To describe the...

Terahertz performance of integrated lens antennas with a hot-electron bolometer (2007)

Semenov, Alexey, Richter, Heiko, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Günther, Burghardt, Smirnov, Andrey, Ilin, Konstantin, ...

Radiation coupling efficiency and directive properties of integrated lens antennas with log-spiral, log-periodic and double-slot planar feeds coupled to a hot-electron bolometer were experimentally...

Probability of the resistive state formation caused by absorption of a single-photon in current-carrying superconducting nano-strips (2004)

Semenov, Alexei, Engel, Andreas, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Ilin, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael

We have studied supercurrent-assisted formation of the resistive state in nano-structured Nb and NbN superconducting films after absorption of a single photon. In amorphous narrow NbN strips the...