Nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors integrated with optical microcavities based on GaAs substrates

Author

Nejad, S. Jahanmiri ; Gaggero, A. ; Marsili, F. ; Mattioli, F. ; Leoni, R. ; Bitauld, D. ; Sahin, D. ; Hamhuis, G.J. ; Nötzel, R. ; Sanjines, R. ; Fiore, A.

Author_Institution

COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this work, the authors report on the successful integration of superconducting single photon detector (SSPD) with optical cavity based on GaAs/AlAs distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) to enhance their detection efficiency. The cavity consists of a Bragg reflector on a GaAs substrate as the bottom mirror and a weak epitaxial GaAs/air interface acting as the top mirror. The DBR is grown by molecular beam epitaxy and is designed to be resonant at 1309 nm at 4K.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; distributed Bragg reflectors; gallium arsenide; micro-optics; nanowires; superconducting photodetectors; DBR; GaAs; GaAs-AlAs; distributed Bragg reflector; mirror; molecular beam epitaxy; nanowire superconducting single photon detectors; optical microcavity; temperature 4 K; wavelength 1309 nm; Absorption; Detectors; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gallium arsenide; Optical device fabrication; Optical films; Optical reflection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943155

Filename

5943155