Title :
Low-noise NbTiN superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated with Si3N4 waveguides
Author :
Schuck, Carsten ; Pernice, Wolfram H. P. ; Tang, Hong X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate detection of infrared and visible wavelength photons in on-chip waveguides with high efficiency, low noise and high timing accuracy. We achieve photon-counting optical time domain reflectometry over 200 km of optical fiber.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; nanowires; niobium compounds; optical time-domain reflectometry; optical waveguides; photodetectors; photon counting; silicon compounds; NbTiN; Si3N4; infrared wavelength photon detection; low noise; on-chip waveguides; optical fiber; photon-counting optical time domain reflectometry; superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors; timing accuracy; visible wavelength photon detection; Detectors; Noise; Optical detectors; Optical fibers; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656591
