• DocumentCode
    1769769
  • Title

    High-efficiency superconducting nanowire single photon detectors based on amorphous Mo0.75Ge0.25

  • Author

    Verma, V.B. ; Lita, A.E. ; Vissers, M.R. ; Marsili, Francesco ; Pappas, D.P. ; Mirin, Richard P. ; Nam, S.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We measure a saturation of the internal quantum efficiency of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors based on a Mo0.75Ge0.25 alloy with peak system detection efficiency of 30%.
  • Keywords
    amorphous state; germanium alloys; molybdenum alloys; nanowires; photon counting; superconducting photodetectors; Mo0.75Ge0.25; amorphous alloy; high-efficiency superconducting nanowire single photon detectors; internal quantum efficiencγ; peak system detection efficiencγ; Detectors; Jitter; Optical fibers; Photonics; Quantum computing; Superconducting photodetectors; Superconducting transition temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988532
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1769769