• DocumentCode
    2116951
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    370
  • Lastpage
    371
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Bellevue, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1506-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656591
  • Filename
    6656591
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2116951