Superconducting nanowire detectors: from quantum science to high-energy physics

by Boris Korzh (University of Geneva)

Wednesday 22 Apr 2026, 11:15 → 12:45 Europe/Zurich

Grand Auditoire (Ecole de physique)

Superconducting nanowire detector development was driven largely by quantum science during the last decade, but emerging high-energy physics applications are motivating a new wave of breakthroughs. They are capable of detecting photons (X-ray to far-infrared), low energy electrons, ions and neutral molecules and most recently have been tested for relativistic particle detection. This talk will start with a review of the operating principle of these detectors and how they are fabricated and integrated into systems. We will then review some of the state-of-the-art measurements as well as their current and potential future applications.