Title :
Tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire arrays for the lunar laser OCTL terminal
Author :
Shaw, Matthew D. ; Stern, J.A. ; Birnbaum, K. ; Srinivasan, M. ; Cheng, Ming ; Quirk, K. ; Biswas, Arijit ; Marsili, Francesco ; Verma, V.B. ; Mirin, Richard P. ; Nam, S.W. ; Farr, W.H.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
We have developed 12-pixel arrays of fiber-coupled tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire single photon detectors and performed end-to-end tests of a 39 Mbps pulse position modulation optical communication link with a software receiver.
Keywords :
fibre optic sensors; nanophotonics; nanosensors; nanowires; optical fibre communication; optical links; optical modulation; optical receivers; sensor arrays; superconducting photodetectors; tungsten compounds; WSi; bit rate 39 Mbit/s; end-to-end tests; fiber-coupled tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire single photon detectors; lunar laser OCTL terminal; pulse position modulation optical communication link; software receiver; tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire arrays; Detectors; Fiber lasers; Moon; Optical arrays; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
