Patent ID: 8577430

Claim:
A superconducting nanowire photon detector apparatus, comprising; at least one substrate wafer, said substrate layer comprising an interconnection means disposed thereon; at least one insulating layer; and at least one detection layer, said detection layer comprising a plurality of super conducting detector elements being disposed on said insulating layer, each of said detector elements having an input, an output, and a superconducting resistance characteristic; wherein said insulating layer is disposed between said substrate and said detection layer so as to insulate said interconnection means from said detection layer; wherein said interconnection means further comprises means for: routing signals input into said apparatus to the inputs of each of said plurality of detector elements; and routing signals output from each of said plurality of detector elements out of said apparatus; and wherein said insulating layer further comprises means for each of said inputs and outputs of each of said detector elements to make electrical contact with corresponding portions of said interconnection means.