• DocumentCode
    1690264
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6327049
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1690264