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Modeling of Heat Propagation Processes in Detection Pixel of Thermoelectric Single-Photon Detector with High-Temperature Superconducting Absorber

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The processes of heat propagation in five-layer detection pixels of the thermoelectric single-photon detector after absorption of 0.8–1000 eV energy photons are investigated by the method of computer simulation. Design of the detection pixel consisting of successive layers on a sapphire substrate of heat sink Bi2223, thermoelectric sensor CeB6, absorber Bi2223, and the antireflection layer SiO2 is proposed. The computer modelling was carried out based on the equation of heat propagation from the limited volume by the use of the three-dimensional matrix method for differential equations. Temporal dependences of the signal intensity for different thicknesses of the layers of the detection pixel are determined. It is shown that the detection pixel SiO2/Bi2223/CeB6/Bi2223/Al2O3 can register single photons in a wide spectral range from near-IR to X-ray, as well as count the number of simultaneously absorbed photons up to eight. The use of Bi2223 high-temperature superconductor in the design of the detection pixel provides a gigahertz count rate and high system detection efficiency. The simple design of the detection pixel is a prerequisite for the creation of multi-pixel sensors. A detector with such characteristics could be representative of the next generation single-photon detectors in the near future.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to A.M. Gulian for his interest in the work and useful discussions.

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This work was supported by the Science Committee of RA, in the frames of the research project No. 21T-1C088 “Sensor development of the thermoelectric single-photon detector for UV radiation taking into account thermal noise” and Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG) [DI-18-479/Development of advanced bismuth-based superconducting materials via doping and high-energy ball-milling].

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  1. Institute for Physical Research, NAS of Armenia, Ashtarak, Armenia

    A. A. Kuzanyan, V. R. Nikoghosyan, S. R. Harutyunyan & A. S. Kuzanyan

  2. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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  3. Institute of Cybernetics of the Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    N. G. Margiani & G. A. Mumladze

  4. Russian–Armenian University, Yerevan, Armenia

    S. R. Harutyunyan & A. S. Kuzanyan

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Kuzanyan, A.A., Nikoghosyan, V.R., Margiani, N.G. et al. Modeling of Heat Propagation Processes in Detection Pixel of Thermoelectric Single-Photon Detector with High-Temperature Superconducting Absorber. J. Contemp. Phys. 57, 174–181 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068337222020141

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