• DocumentCode
    732583
  • Title

    A robust optical coupler for alignment of superconducting nanowire detector arrays

  • Author

    Shepard, R. Hamilton ; Guzman, Andrew ; Grein, Matthew E. ; Dauler, Eric A. ; Rosenberg, Danna ; Gudmundsen, Theodore ; Murphy, Ryan P.

  • Author_Institution
    MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present an athermalized design and performance analysis of a robust imaging system used to couple light from an input fiber to a superconducting nanowire single photon detector.
  • Keywords
    nanophotonics; nanowires; optical arrays; optical design techniques; optical fibre couplers; photodetectors; quantum optics; superconducting devices; athermalized design analysis; light-input fiber coupling; optical imaging system; superconducting nanowire single photon detector array; Lenses; Microoptics; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical imaging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183016