Title :
Efficient single photon detection from 0.5 to 5 Micron wavelength
Author :
Marsili, F. ; Bellei, F. ; Najafi, F. ; Dane, A. ; Dauler, E. ; Molnar, R.J. ; Berggren, K.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We developed superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) based on 30-nm-wide nanowires, which showed 2.6 % detection efficiency at 5 μm wavelength.
Keywords :
infrared detectors; nanophotonics; nanowires; quantum optics; superconducting photodetectors; SNSPD; detection efficiency; efficiency 2.6 percent; nanowires; single photon detection; size 30 nm; superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors; wavelength 0.5 micron to 5 micron; Detectors; Nanoscale devices; Optical switches; Photonics; Quantum cascade lasers; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
