

The global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) market size is predicted to grow from US$ 26.8 million in 2025 to US$ 47.3 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.9% from 2025 to 2031.
SSPDs are crucial components in various applications, including quantum communication, quantum computing, and quantum cryptography. Here are some drivers and restrictions that were relevant to the SSPD market at that time:
Drivers:
Quantum Technology Advancements: The growing interest and investments in quantum technologies have been a major driver for SSPD market growth. SSPDs play a crucial role in quantum applications like quantum key distribution (QKD), quantum teleportation, and quantum sensing.
Quantum Computing: As the development of quantum computers progresses, SSPDs are needed for various tasks, including quantum state readout and error correction. The growth of the quantum computing sector has created a demand for advanced SSPDs.
Quantum Communication: Quantum communication systems rely on SSPDs to detect single photons accurately. The increasing need for secure communication and the potential deployment of quantum networks are driving SSPD demand.
Photonics Research: SSPDs are essential tools for research in the field of photonics, including studies on quantum optics, quantum information, and fundamental physics. Ongoing research drives the development of more advanced SSPD technologies.
Space Applications: SSPDs are used in satellite-based quantum key distribution experiments and other space-based quantum technologies. The space sector"s interest in quantum technologies has expanded the SSPD market.
Security Applications: The need for highly secure communication and data encryption has led to an increased demand for SSPDs in applications like secure communication, data center security, and military encryption systems.
Medical Imaging: SSPDs have the potential to improve medical imaging techniques, such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), by enhancing photon detection sensitivity.
Restrictions:
Cost: SSPDs are often expensive to manufacture due to their specialized materials and fabrication processes. Cost reduction efforts are necessary to make SSPD technology more accessible.
Cryogenic Cooling: Most SSPDs require cryogenic cooling to operate at extremely low temperatures. This cooling can be complex and expensive, limiting the widespread adoption of SSPDs.
Reliability and Stability: Ensuring the long-term reliability and stability of SSPDs is a challenge, especially when operating at cryogenic temperatures. Improvements in device robustness are needed for certain applications.
Competition: The market for photon detectors is competitive, with various technologies available, including avalanche photodiodes (APDs) and photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). SSPDs must compete with these established technologies.
Standardization: The lack of standardized testing and characterization procedures for SSPDs can hinder their adoption in some industries. Standardization efforts are ongoing but may take time to mature.
Materials and Fabrication Challenges: SSPDs rely on advanced materials and fabrication techniques. Any issues with material availability or fabrication processes can impact production and supply.
Integration: Integrating SSPDs into larger quantum systems or commercial applications can be challenging. Compatibility and interface issues may need to be addressed for seamless integration.
Environmental Sensitivity: SSPDs can be sensitive to environmental factors, such as magnetic fields and radiation, which may limit their use in certain applications without additional shielding or compensation measures.
Please note that the SSPD market is a rapidly evolving field, and developments in technology and applications may have occurred since my last knowledge update. For the most up-to-date information on the SSPD market drivers and restrictions, I recommend consulting industry reports, research papers, and experts in the field.
The “Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) sales for 2025 through 2031. With Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD).
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
High-spec Standard SSPD
Standard SSPD
Segmentation by Application:
Optical Quantum Computation
Quantum Key Distribution
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Single Quantum B.V.
ID Quantique SA
Scontel
Quantum Opus, LLC
Photon Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd
Photon Spot
Pixel Photonics
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) market?
What factors are driving Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Segment by Type
2.2.1 High-spec Standard SSPD
2.2.2 Standard SSPD
2.3 Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Segment by Application
2.4.1 Optical Quantum Computation
2.4.2 Quantum Key Distribution
2.4.3 Others
2.5 Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) by Country
7.1.1 Europe Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD)
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD)
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD)
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Distributors
11.3 Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.6 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 Single Quantum B.V.
13.1.1 Single Quantum B.V. Company Information
13.1.2 Single Quantum B.V. Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 Single Quantum B.V. Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 Single Quantum B.V. Main Business Overview
13.1.5 Single Quantum B.V. Latest Developments
13.2 ID Quantique SA
13.2.1 ID Quantique SA Company Information
13.2.2 ID Quantique SA Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 ID Quantique SA Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 ID Quantique SA Main Business Overview
13.2.5 ID Quantique SA Latest Developments
13.3 Scontel
13.3.1 Scontel Company Information
13.3.2 Scontel Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 Scontel Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 Scontel Main Business Overview
13.3.5 Scontel Latest Developments
13.4 Quantum Opus, LLC
13.4.1 Quantum Opus, LLC Company Information
13.4.2 Quantum Opus, LLC Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 Quantum Opus, LLC Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 Quantum Opus, LLC Main Business Overview
13.4.5 Quantum Opus, LLC Latest Developments
13.5 Photon Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd
13.5.1 Photon Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd Company Information
13.5.2 Photon Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 Photon Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 Photon Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd Main Business Overview
13.5.5 Photon Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd Latest Developments
13.6 Photon Spot
13.6.1 Photon Spot Company Information
13.6.2 Photon Spot Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 Photon Spot Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 Photon Spot Main Business Overview
13.6.5 Photon Spot Latest Developments
13.7 Pixel Photonics
13.7.1 Pixel Photonics Company Information
13.7.2 Pixel Photonics Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Pixel Photonics Superconducting Single-Photon Detector (SSPD) Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Pixel Photonics Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Pixel Photonics Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.