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Bandwidth-enhanced superconducting nanowire single photon detectors for telecom wavelengths

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Author(s)

Stephan Krapick, Marina Hesselberg, Varun Verma, Igor Vayshenker, Sae Woo Nam, Richard Mirin

Abstract

We present a single-photon detector providing system detection efficiencies of at least (86.7 ± 0.9) % from 1450 nm to 1640 nm. It comprises bilayer superconducting WSi nanowires in conjunction with all-dielectric structures for optical impedance matching.
Proceedings Title
2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)
Conference Dates
May 14-19, 2017
Conference Location
San Jose, CA, US
Pub Type
Conferences

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https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2017.FF1E.2
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Keywords

snspd, single photon detectors
Superconducting electronics and Nanophotonics

Citation

Krapick, S. , Hesselberg, M. , Verma, V. , Vayshenker, I. , Nam, S. and Mirin, R. (2017), Bandwidth-enhanced superconducting nanowire single photon detectors for telecom wavelengths, 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, US, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2017.FF1E.2, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=923062 (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created May 13, 2017, Updated April 19, 2022
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