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Designing high electron mobility transistor heterostructures with quantum dots for efficient, number-resolving photon detection

May 1, 2008
Author(s)
Mary A. Rowe, Eric Gansen, M. Greene, Danna Rosenberg, Todd E. Harvey, Mark Su, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin
We describe the design of the epitaxial layers for an efficient, photon-number-determining detector that utilizes a layer of self-assembled quantum dots as an optically addressable gate in a field-effect transistor. Our design features a dedicated

Distribution of time-energy entanglement over 100 km fiber using superconducting single-photon detectors

April 14, 2008
Author(s)
Qiang Zhang, Hiroki Takesue, Sae Woo Nam, Carston Langrock, Xiuping Xie, Burm Baek, Martin M. Fejer, Yoshihisa Yamamoto
In this letter, we report an experimental realization of distributing entangled photon pairs over 100 km of dispersion-shifted fiber. In the experiment, we used a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide to generate the time-energy entanglement and

Demonstration of a quantum controlled-NOT gate in the telecom band

April 4, 2008
Author(s)
Jun Chen, Joseph B. Altepeter, Milja Medic, Fook L. Kim, Burc Gokden, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Prem Kumar
We present the first quantum controlled-NOT (CNOT) gate realized using a fiber-based indistinguishable photon-pair source in the 1.55 υm telecommunications band. Using this free-space CNOT gate, all four Bell states are produced and fully characterized by

Counting near-infrared single-photons with 95% efficiency

February 20, 2008
Author(s)
Adriana E. Lita, Aaron J. Miller, Sae Woo Nam
Single-photon detectors operating at visible and near-infrared wavelengths with high detection efficiency and low noise are a requirement for many quantum-information applications. Superconducting transition-edge sensors (TESs) are capable of detecting

Large sensitive-area NbN nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors fabricated on single-crystal MgO substrates

February 15, 2008
Author(s)
Shigehito Miki, Mikio Fujiwara, Masahide Sasaki, Burm Baek, Aaron Miller, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Zhen Wang
We report on the performance of large area NbN nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPDs). 20 x 20 υm 2 area SSPDs with 80 and 100 nm linewidths and 50% fill factor were fabricated in 4-nm-thick NbN films grown on single-crystal MgO

Submicrometer photoresponse mapping of nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors

December 13, 2007
Author(s)
Robert Hadfield, Paul A. Dalgarno, John A. O'Connor, Euan Ramsay, Richard Warburton, Eric Gansen, Burm Baek, Martin Stevens, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
We report on the photoresponse mapping of nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors using a focal spot significantly smaller than the device area (10X10 υ 2). Using a confocal microscope configuration and solid immersion lens, we achieve a spot size

Photon-number-discriminating detection using a quantum-dot, optically gated, field-effect transistor

October 1, 2007
Author(s)
Eric Gansen, Mary A. Rowe, M. Greene, Danna Rosenberg, Todd E. Harvey, Mark Su, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Richard Mirin
Detectors with the capability to directly measure the photon number of a pulse of light 1-3 enable linear optics quantum computing 4, affect the security of quantum communications 5, and can be used to characterize 6-8 and herald 9 non-classical states of

Correlated photon-pair generation in reverse-proton-exchange PPLN waveguides with integrated mode demultiplexer at 10 GHz clock

August 6, 2007
Author(s)
Qiang Zhang, Xiuping Xie, Hiroki Takesue, Sae Woo Nam, Carsten Langrock, M. M. Fejer, Yoshihisa Yamamoto
We report 10-ps correlated photon pair generation in periodically-poled reverse-proton-exchange lithium niobate waveguides with integrated mode demultiplexer at a wavelength of 1.5-υm and a clock of 10 GHz. Using superconducting single photon detectors, we

Subcentimeter depth resolution using a single-photon counting time-of-flight laser ranging system at 1550 nm wavelength

July 30, 2007
Author(s)
Ryan E. Warburton, Aongus McCarthy, Andrew M. Wallace, Sergio Hernandez-Marin, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Gerald S. Buller
We demonstrate subcentimeter depth profiling at a stand off distance of 330 m using a time-of-flight approach based on time-correlated single-photon counting. For the first time to our knowledge, the photon-counting time-of-flight technique was

Operational analysis of a quantum dot, optically gated, field-effect transistor as a single-photon detector

July 1, 2007
Author(s)
Eric Gansen, Mary A. Rowe, Marion Greene, Danna Rosenberg, Todd E. Harvey, Mark Su, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Richard Mirin
We report on the operation of a novel single-photon detector, where a layer of self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) is used as an optically addressable floating gate in a GaAs/Al0.2Ga0.8As Δ}-doped field-effect transistor. Photogenerated holes charge the QDs

Quantum key distribution over a 40-dB channel loss using superconducting single-photon detectors

June 1, 2007
Author(s)
Hiroki Takesue, Sae Woo Nam, Qiang Zhang, Robert Hadfield, Toshimori Honjo, Kiyoshi Tamaki, Yoshihisa Yamamoto
We report the first quantum key distribution (QKD) experiment to enable the creation of secure keys over 42 dB channel loss and 200 km of optical fibre. We used the differential phase shift QKD (DPS-QKD) protocol, implemented with a 10-GHz clock frequency

Photon-number-resolving capabilities of a semiconductor quantum dot, optically gated, field-effect transistor

May 6, 2007
Author(s)
Eric Gansen, Mary A. Rowe, Marion Greene, Danna Rosenberg, Todd E. Harvey, Mark Su, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Richard Mirin
We demonstrate the photon-number-resolving capabilities of a novel quantum dot, optically gated, field-effect transistor cooled to 4 K. Peaks are observed in the detector's response to highly attenuated laser pulses in accordance with Poisson statistics.

Resistance-Based Scaling of LF-and MF-Band Thermal Noise Powers

April 1, 2007
Author(s)
John Labenski, Weston L. Tew, Sae Woo Nam, Samuel P. Benz, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Charles J. Burroughs
A conventional technique for scaling thermal noise power in Johnson Noise Thermometry (JNT) is via resistance ratios. We describe measurements in the low to medium frequency (LF/MF) bands using this approach via correlation methods in the frequency domain

Low timing jitter detector for gigahertz quantum key distribution

February 1, 2007
Author(s)
Robert J. Collins, Robert Hadfield, Veronica Fernandez, Sae Woo Nam, Gerald S. Buller
A superconducting single-photon detector based on a niobium nitride nanowire is demonstrated in an optical-fibre-based quantum key distribution test bed operating at a clock rate of 3.3 GHz and a transmission wavelength of 850 nm. The low jitter of the

Long distance decoy state quantum key distribution in optical fiber

January 5, 2007
Author(s)
Danna Rosenberg, Jim A. Harrington, Patrick R. Rice, Philip A. Hiskett, Charles G. Peterson, Richard J. Hughes, Jane E. Nordholt, Adriana Lita, Sae Woo Nam
The theoretical existence of photon-number-splitting attacks creates a security loophole for most quantum key distribution (QKD) demonstrations that use a highly attenuated laser source. Using ultralow-noise, high-efficiency transition-edge sensor

Single-photon detection using a quantum dot optically gated field-effect transistor with high internal quantum efficiency

December 19, 2006
Author(s)
Mary A. Rowe, Eric Gansen, Marion Greene, Danna Rosenberg, Robert Hadfield, Todd E. Harvey, Sae Woo Nam, Mark Su, Richard Mirin
We investigate the operation of a quantum dot, optically gated, field-effect transistor as a photon detector. The detector exhibits time-gated, single-shot, single-photon sensitivity, a linear response, and an internal quantum efficiency of up to [68±18] %

Quantum key distribution at 1550 nm with twin superconducting single-photon detectors

December 15, 2006
Author(s)
Robert Hadfield, Jonathan L. Habif, John Schlafer, Robert E. Schwall, Sae Woo Nam
The authors report on the full implementation of a superconducting detector technology in a fiber-based quantum key distribution (QKD) link. Nanowire-based superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPDs) offer single-photon detection with low dark counts

Quantum dot single photon sources studied with superconducting single photon detectors

November 1, 2006
Author(s)
Martin Stevens, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Richard Mirin
We report the observation of photon antibunching from a single, self-assembled InGaAs quantum dot (QD) at temperatures up to 135 K. The second-order intensity correlation, g (2)(0), is less than 0.260 +or-} 0.024 for temperatures up to 100 K. At 120 K, g

Quantum dot single photon sources studied with superconducting single photon detectors

November 1, 2006
Author(s)
Martin J. Stevens, Robert Hadfield, Robert E. Schwall, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin
We report the observation of photon antibunching from a single, self-assembled InGaAs quantum dot (QD) at temperatures up to 135 K. The second-order intensity correlation, g(2)(0), is less than 0.260 ± 0.024 for temperatures up to 100 K. At 120 K, g(2)(0)
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