Verma, V.
, Mirin, R.
, Nam, S.
, Hoepker, J.
, Protte, M.
, Ricken, R.
, Quiring, V.
, Eigner, C.
, Silberhorn, C.
and Bartley, T.
(2021),
Integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors on titanium in-diffused lithium niobate waveguides, Journal of Physics: Photonics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=931701
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Integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors on titanium in-diffused lithium niobate waveguides
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, , Sae Woo Nam, Jan P. Hoepker, Maximilian Protte, Raimund Ricken, Victor Quiring, Christof Eigner, Christine Silberhorn, Tim J. Bartley
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We demonstrate the integration of amorphous tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire single- photon detectors on titanium in-diffused lithium niobate waveguides. We show proof-of-principle detection of evanescently-coupled photons of wavelength 1550nm using bidirectional waveguide coupling for two orthogonal polarization directions. We investigate the internal detection efficiency as well as detector absorption using coupling-independent characterization measurements. Furthermore, we describe strategies to improve the yield and efficiency of these devices.Citation
Journal of Physics: Photonics
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lithium niobate, superconductor, nanowire, detector, single-photon
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