Title :
Progress and prospects for high efficiency and gigacount per second detectors for quantum repeaters using superconducting nanowire detectors
Author :
Verma, V.B. ; Marsili, Francesco ; Stern, J.A. ; Beyer, A. ; Shaw, Matthew D. ; Nam, Seokho ; Mirin, Richard P.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We describe our work on superconducting nanowire detector arrays and how they may be adapted to meet the requirements for implementing a quantum repeater.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; nanowires; optical repeaters; quantum optics; superconducting devices; quantum repeaters; superconducting nanowire detector arrays; Detectors; Jitter; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Photonics; Quantum entanglement; Repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
