Development of single-photon imaging technology based on large-scale SSPD array

• Project/Area Number: 26249054
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Electron device/Electronic equipment
• Research Institution: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
• Principal Investigator: TERAI HIROTAKA 国立研究開発法人情報通信研究機構, 未来ICT研究所フロンティア創造総合研究室, 上席研究員 (10359094)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 竹内 尚輝 横浜国立大学, 先端科学高等研究院, 特任教員(准教授) (00746472) ; 日高 睦夫 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, エレクトロニクス・製造領域, 招聘研究員 (20500672) ; 三木 茂人 国立研究開発法人情報通信研究機構, 未来ICT研究所フロンティア創造総合研究室, 主任研究員 (30398424) ; 宮嶋 茂之 国立研究開発法人情報通信研究機構, 未来ICT研究所フロンティア創造総合研究室, 研究員 (50708055) ; 山下 太郎 名古屋大学, 大学院工学研究科, 准教授 (60567254) ; 牧瀬 圭正 国立研究開発法人情報通信研究機構, 未来ICT研究所フロンティア創造総合研究室, 主任研究技術員 (60363321)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥41,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥31,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥9,480,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥13,910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,210,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥14,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,300,000)
• Keywords: 電子デバイス / 光子検出器 / 超伝導集積回路 / 単一光子検出器 / 超伝導ディジタル回路 / 読み出し信号処理 / モノリシック集積化 / 超伝導検出器 / 超伝導材料・素子 / 電子デバイス・機器 / 超精密計測 / 信号処理 / 超伝導単一光子検出器 / 超伝導単一磁束量子論理回路 / 大規模アレイ / 単一磁束量子論理回路

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed a fundamental technology for large-scale array of superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SSPD) with the aim of realizing image sensor with the ultimate sensitivity capable of photon counting in the visible to infrared wavelength range. We designed and tested an encoder circuit based on a single flux quantum (SFQ) circuit that can output a digital code representing address information of pixels that detected photons. We successfully demonstrated the operation of a 64-pixel SSPD array with a signal processing circuit. We also examined a new readout scheme that enables us to reduce the number of wiring to extract the signal from the SSPD array and the introduction of an adiabatic flux quantum parametron (AQFP) circuit that can operate even lower power consumption than the SFQ circuit.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Timing discriminator based on single-flux-quantum circuit toward high time-resolved photon detection (2017)
  • Author(s): Shigeyuki Miyajima, Shigehito Miki, Masahiro Yabuno, Taro Yamashita, and Hirotaka Terai
  • Journal Title: Superconductor Science and Technology Volume: 30 Issue: 12 Pages: 12LT01-12LT01
  • DOI: 10.1088/1361-6668/aa926e
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Adiabatic quantum-flux-parametron interface for the readout of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (2017)
  • Author(s): Takeuchi Naoki、Yamashita Taro、Miyajima Shigeyuki、Miki Shigehito、Yoshikawa Nobuyuki、Terai Hirotaka
  • Journal Title: Optics Express Volume: 25 Issue: 26 Pages: 32650-32650
  • DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.032650
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] 0.1 W GM冷凍機内での64 chイベント駆動型SFQエンコーダの安定動作に向けた実装法の改善 (2018)
  • Author(s): 宮嶋茂之、藪野正裕、山下太郎、三木茂人、寺井弘高
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会 超伝導エレクトロニクス研究会
• [Presentation] 16-Pixel Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors Inte-grated with Single-Flux-Quantum Multiplexers (2018)
  • Author(s): Hirotaka Terai、Shigeyuki Miyajima、Masahiro Yabuno、Taro Yamashita、Shigehito Miki、Shuuich Nagasawa、Mutsuo Hidaka
  • Organizer: The 11th Superconducting SFQ VLSI Workshop (SSV 2018) / 6th CRAVITY Symposium
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Single Flux Quantum Based Timing Discriminator for Photon Detection with High-Time Resolution (2018)
  • Author(s): Shigeyuki Miyajima、Masahiro Yabuno、Taro Yamashita、Shigehito Miki、Hirotaka Terai
  • Organizer: Superconducting SFQ VLSI Workshop (SSV 2018)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors for Future Optical Communications (2018)
  • Author(s): Hirotaka Terai、Shigehito Miki、Taro Yamashita、Shigeyuki Miyajima、Masahiro Yabuno
  • Organizer: The Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC2018)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 大規模SSPDアレイシステムに向けた2N読出方式に基づくイベント駆動型SFQエンコーダの提案 (2018)
  • Author(s): 宮嶋茂之、藪野正裕、山下太郎、三木茂人、寺井弘高
  • Organizer: 第65回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
• [Presentation] 同一冷凍機内でのSSPDとAQFPインターフェイス回路の接続実証 (2018)
  • Author(s): 竹内尚輝、山下太郎、宮嶋茂之、三木茂人、吉川信行、寺井弘高
  • Organizer: 第65回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
• [Presentation] メアンダ型超伝導インダクタで構成した並列バイアス回路を用いた2N読出し型SSPDアレイの同時動作実証 (2018)
  • Author(s): 藪野正裕、宮嶋茂之、三木茂人、山下太郎、寺井弘高
  • Organizer: 第65回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
• [Presentation] Demonstration of a single-flux-quantum based event-driven encoder with reduced bias currents in a 0.1-W GM cryocooler for a single photon imaging system (2017)
  • Author(s): S. Miyajima, M. Yabuno, T. Yamashita, S. Miki, H. Terai
  • Organizer: Superconducting SFQ VLSI Workshop 2017
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学、愛知県、名古屋市千種区
  • Year and Date: 2017-02-20
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Multi-pixel superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with cryogenic signal processors using single-flux-quantum circuits (2017)
  • Author(s): Hirotaka Terai、MutsuoHidaka、ShigeyukiMiyajima、MasahiroYabuno、TaroYamashita、ShigehitoMiki、ShuuichiNagasawa,
  • Organizer: Cryogenic Engineering Conference and International Cryogenic Materials Conference (CEC/ICMC 2017)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 高時間精度光子検出に向けた単一磁束量子時間弁別器のタイミングジッタ評価 (2017)
  • Author(s): 宮嶋茂之、藪野正裕、山下太郎、三木茂人、寺井弘高
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会 超伝導エレクトロニクス研究会
• [Presentation] Demonstration of multi-pixel superconducting nanowire single-photon detector monolithically integrated with single-flux-quantum multiplexer (2017)
  • Author(s): Hirotaka Terai、Shigeyuki Miyajima、Masahiro Yabuno、Taro Yamashita、Shigehito Miki
  • Organizer: 16 th International Superconductive Electronics Conference (ISEC2017)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A single flux quantum based event-driven encoder for a single photon imaging system using multi-pixel superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (2017)
  • Author(s): Shigeyuki Miyajima、Masahiro Yabuno、Taro Yamashita、Shigehito Miki、Hirotaka Terai
  • Organizer: 16 th International Superconductive Electronics Conference (ISEC2017)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Design for Building the Large-scale Superconducting Nanowire Single-photon Detector Imaging Array (2017)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Yabuno、Shigeyuki Miyajima、Shigehito Miki、Taro Yamashita、Hirotaka Terai
  • Organizer: 16 th International Superconductive Electronics Conference (ISEC2017)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Cryogenic signal processing based on superconducting logic circuits for multi-pixel superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (2017)
  • Author(s): Hirotaka Terai、Shigeyuki Miyajima、Masahiro Yabuno、Taro Yamashita、Shigehito Miki、Naoki Takeuchi、Shuuich Nagasawa、Mutsuo Hidaka
  • Organizer: The 30th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2017)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 1kピクセル SSPD イメージングアレイの作製 (2017)
  • Author(s): 藪野正裕、宮嶋茂之、三木茂人、山下太郎、寺井弘高
  • Organizer: 第78回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
• [Presentation] AQFPインターフェイス回路を用いたSSPD動作実証 (2017)
  • Author(s): 竹内尚輝、山下太郎、宮嶋茂之、三木茂人、吉川信行、寺井弘高
  • Organizer: 第78回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
• [Presentation] 単一光子イメージングシステムに向けた64 chイベント駆動型SFQエンコーダの動作実証 (2017)
  • Author(s): 宮嶋茂之、藪野正裕、山下太郎、三木茂人、寺井弘高
  • Organizer: 第78回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
• [Presentation] 1kピクセルSSPDイメージングアレイの作製と評価 (2017)
  • Author(s): 藪野正裕、宮嶋茂之、三木茂人、山下太郎、寺井弘高
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会 超伝導エレクトロニクス研究会
• [Presentation] 高時間分解SSPD-SFQ同時計数器の実現にむけたタイミングジッタ特性評価 (2017)
  • Author(s): 三木茂人、宮嶋茂之、藪野正裕、山下太郎、寺井弘高
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会 超伝導エレクトロニクス研究会
• [Presentation] A single-flux-quantum based event-driven encoder toward a 1024-pixel single-photon imaging system (2017)
  • Author(s): Shigeyuki Miyajima、Masahiro Yabuno、Taro Yamashita、Shigehito Miki、Hirotaka Terai
  • Organizer: The 30th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2017)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Development of the Large-scale Superconducting Nanowire Single-photon Detector Imaging Array (2017)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Yabuno、Shigeyuki Miyajima、Shigehito Miki、Taro Yamashita、Hirotaka Terai
  • Organizer: The 30th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2017)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 冷凍機実装したSFQ回路動作に及ぼすジュール熱の影響調査 (2016)
  • Author(s): 宮嶋 茂之，寺井 弘高
  • Organizer: 第77回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 朱鷺メッセ、新潟県、新潟市中央区
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-13
• [Presentation] Multi-pixel superconducting nanowire single-photon detector with cryogenic signal processor using single-flux-quantum circuit (2016)
  • Author(s): H. Terai, S. Miyajima, M. Yabuno, T. Yamashita, S. Miki, S. Nagasawa and M. Hidaka
  • Organizer: Applied Superconductivity Conference 2016
  • Place of Presentation: 米国デンバー
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Cryogenic Event-Driven Encoder Based on Single-Flux-Quantum Circuit for Multi-Pixel Superconducting Single-Photon Detectors (2016)
  • Author(s): S. Miyajima, T. Yamashita, S. Miki, H. Terai
  • Organizer: Applied Superconductivity Conference 2016
  • Place of Presentation: 米国デンバー
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Design of large-scale superconducting nanowire single-photon detector array monolithically integrated with cryogenic single-flux-quantum signal processor (2016)
  • Author(s): H. Terai, S. Miyajima, M. Yabuno, T. Yamashita, S. Miki, M. Hidaka
  • Organizer: Applied Superconducting Conference (ASC2016)
  • Place of Presentation: Denver, COLORADO, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Cryogenic Event-Driven Encoder Based on Single-Flux-Quantum Circuit for Multi-Pixel Superconducting Single-Photon Detectors (2016)
  • Author(s): S. Miyajima, T. Yamashita, S. Miki, H. Terai
  • Organizer: Applied Superconducting Conference (ASC2016)
  • Place of Presentation: Denver, COLORADO, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A cryogenic event-driven encoder using single-flux-quantum cir-cuits for a 64-pixel superconducting single photon imaging system (2016)
  • Author(s): S. Miyajima, T. Yamashita, S. Miki, H. Terai
  • Organizer: Superconducting SFQ VLSI Workshop 2016
  • Place of Presentation: 横浜国立大学、神奈川県、横浜市保土ケ谷区
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-02
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Cryogenic signal processing using superconducting digital electronics for multi-pixel SSPD array (2015)
  • Author(s): H. Terai, S. Miyajima, S. Miki, T. Yamashita
  • Organizer: Workshop on readout electronics for radiation and particle detectors
  • Place of Presentation: Erfurt, Germany
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-20
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector and its signal readout using superconducting digital electronics (2015)
  • Author(s): H. Terai, S. miki, T. Yamashita, K. Makise
  • Organizer: 8th East Asian Symposium on Superconductive Electronics (EASSE2015)
  • Place of Presentation: Daejeon, KOREA
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-04
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Multi pixel superconducting single photon detectors with superconducting single flux quantum readout circuit (2015)
  • Author(s): S. Miki, T. Yamashita, Z. Wang, H. Terai
  • Organizer: 15 th International Superconductive Electronics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-06
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Design and testing of SFQ signal processor for 64-pixel SSPD array (2014)
  • Author(s): H. Terai, K. Makise, T. Yamashita, S. Miki, and Z. Wang
  • Organizer: Applied Superconductivity Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Charlotte, NC, USA
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-10 – 2014-08-15
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 信号処理回路 (2016)
  • Inventor(s): 三木茂人、寺井弘高、山下太郎、宮嶋茂之
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 三木茂人、寺井弘高、山下太郎、宮嶋茂之
  • Industrial Property Rights Type: 特許
  • Industrial Property Number: 2016-023303
  • Filing Date: 2016-02-10