Title :
Optical and near-infrared photon detection with superconducting devices
Author :
Nam, Sae Woo ; Lita, Adriana ; Calkins, Brice ; Baek, Burm ; Stevens, Marty ; Mirin, Richard
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Significant progress has been made in packaging superconducting devices to detect single photons with high efficiency. We will describe our packaging techniques and metrology to verify the high efficiency.
Keywords :
infrared detectors; superconducting devices; near-infrared photon detection; optical detection; superconducting devices; Detectors; Government; Metrology; Optical fiber sensors; Optical pulses; Packaging; Photonics; detectors; metrology; optoelectronics; packaging; single photon; single photon detection;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5730-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000023
