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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
