Conveners
Symposium: Precise Quantum Detectors in Space, Time and Energy – Semi- and Superconductors in Particle and Condensed Matter Physics
- Norbert Wermes (Univ. Bonn)
- Axel Lorke (Universität Duisburg-Essen)
Description
Semiconductor detectors based on quantum effects and quantum generation have revolutionised particle detection in recent decades and are also indispensable for future experiments. Electronic detection and measurement of particles with micrometer spatial and tens of picoseconds time resolution have been made possible. In extreme high-flux and high-rate experiments, such as in pp collisions at the LHC, only semiconductor detectors can be operated as track detectors. New developments in the field of superconducting quantum sensors with the additional potential for precise energy detection of particles further establish the close connection between particle and solid-state physics. The symposium addresses particularly new developments leading into the future of particle and quantum detection with four dedicated presentations, including high precision timing, ultra-thin detectors and the potential of single quantum detection devices.
At the core of nearly every current or planned particle detector lies a silicon-based tracking system capable of reconstructing the momenta of particles produced in high-energy collisions.
The continuous advancement of tracking systems, from a few electronic channels three decades ago to the many millions in today's detectors, has been a key enabler of our current understanding of nature....
In the context of the requirements of future particle physics experiments, quantum sensors look likely to play a central role. Among the wide range of possible quantum sensors, five technological axes (Quantum systems in traps and beams; Low-dimensional quantum materials; Superconducting quantum devices; Macroscopic scaled-up quantum systems; Quantum techniques for sensing) look particularly...
The ability to detect single photons is crucial for quantum optics as well as for a wide number of applications. Several technologies have been developed for efficient single photon detection in the visible and near infrared. The invention of the superconducting nanowire single photon detector in 2001 enabled the development of a new class of detectors that can operate close to physical...
