Title :
Ti/Au Transition-Edge Sensors Coupled to Single Mode Optical Fibers Aligned by Si V-Groove
Author :
Lolli, Lapo ; Taralli, Emanuele ; Portesi, Chiara ; Alberto, Diego ; Rajteri, Mauro ; Monticone, Eugenio
Author_Institution :
DISPEA Dept., Politec. di Torino, Torino, Italy
fDate :
6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Transition-edge sensors (TESs) are promising micro-calorimeters for applications in the field of quantum information, quantum computation and metrology due to their photon-number resolving capability. Quantum efficiency (QE) is fundamental in single-photon detection and it should be as high as possible. For this reason the coupling between the light source and the sensor plays a crucial role.
Keywords :
calorimeters; light sources; optical fibres; photon counting; quantum computing; superconducting photodetectors; TES; light source; microcalorimeters; photon-number resolving capability; quantum computation; quantum efficiency; quantum information; quantum metrology; single mode optical fibers; single-photon detection; transition-edge sensors; Copper; Detectors; Energy resolution; Optical sensors; Photonics; Silicon; Infrared detectors; optical coupling; sensors;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2010.2103352
