DocumentCode
1571551
Title
Superconductive traveling-wave photodetectors
Author
Ghamsari, Behnood G. ; Majedi, A. Hamed
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. & Inst. for Quantum Comput., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
fYear
2008
Firstpage
465
Lastpage
466
Abstract
Superconductive traveling-wave photodetectors are proposed for ultra-fast, ultra-sensitive and ultra-low-noise photodetection. The kinetic inductance of a superconducting thin film is integrated with an optical waveguide and a microwave transmission line.
Keywords
integrated optics; microwave photonics; optical waveguides; superconducting photodetectors; superconducting thin films; superconducting transmission lines; kinetic inductance; microwave transmission line; optical waveguide; superconducting thin film; superconductive traveling-wave photodetector; ultra-low-noise photodetection; Integrated optics; Optical films; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Quantum computing; Superconducting films; Superconducting microwave devices; Superconducting photodetectors; Superconducting transmission lines; Superconductivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location
Acapulco
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1932-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688692
Filename
4688692
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