• DocumentCode
    689087
  • Title

    Mid-infrared single-photon detection with tungsten silicide superconducting nanowires

  • Author

    Marsili, Francesco ; Verma, V.B. ; Stevens, Martin J. ; Stern, J.A. ; Shaw, Matthew D. ; Miller, Alyssa J. ; Schwarzer, D. ; Wodtke, A. ; Mirin, Richard P. ; Nam, S.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We developed superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) based on tungsten silicide (WSi), that show saturated internal detection efficiency from 2.1 to 5.5 μm wavelength.
  • Keywords
    infrared detectors; nanophotonics; nanowires; photon counting; superconducting materials; superconducting photodetectors; tungsten compounds; SNSPD; WSi; mid-infrared single-photon detection; saturated internal detection efficiency; tungsten silicide superconducting nanowires; wavelength 2.1 mum to 5.5 mum; Detectors; Nanowires; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Photonics; Superconducting photodetectors; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833468