Adam McCaughan

Publications

Readout architectures for superconducting nanowire single photon detectors

August 16, 2018

Author(s):

Adam N. McCaughan

Advances in the development of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPD) have guaranteed that they remain a leading photon detection technology...

All-silicon light-emitting diodes waveguide-integrated with superconducting single-photon detectors

October 02, 2017

Author(s):

Sonia M. Buckley, Jeffrey T. Chiles, Adam N. McCaughan, Galan A. Moody, Kevin L. Silverman, Martin J. Stevens, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam

An on-chip, silicon-compatible light source has long been pursued for telecommunications, with limited success. However, for integrated systems utilizing...

Superconducting optoelectronic networks IV: transmitter circuits

Author(s):

Jeffrey M. Shainline, Adam N. McCaughan, Sonia M. Buckley, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Amir Jafari-Salim

A superconducting optoelectronic neuron will produce a small current pulse upon reaching threshold. We present an amplifier chain which converts this small...

Superconducting optoelectronic networks I: general principles

Author(s):

Jeffrey M. Shainline, Sonia M. Buckley, Adam N. McCaughan, Jeffrey T. Chiles, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam

The design of neural hardware is informed by the prominence of differentiated processing and information integration in cognitive systems. The central role of...

Superconducting optoelectronic networks V: architecture and scaling

Author(s):

Jeffrey M. Shainline, Jeffrey T. Chiles, Sonia M. Buckley, Adam N. McCaughan, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam

Networks of superconducting optoelectronic neurons are investigated for their near-term technological potential and long-term physical limitations. Networks...