DocumentCode
3544178
Title
Efficient single photon absorption by optimized superconducting nanowire geometries
Author
Akhlaghi, Mohsen K. ; Young, Jeff F. ; Atikian, Haig ; Loncar, Marko ; Majedi, A. Hamed
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
fYear
2013
fDate
19-22 Aug. 2013
Firstpage
143
Lastpage
144
Abstract
We report on simulation results that shows optimum photon absorption by superconducting nanowires can happen at a fill-factor that is much less than 100%. We also present experimental results on high performance of our superconducting nanowire single photon detectors realized using NbTiN on oxidized silicon.
Keywords
nanophotonics; nanosensors; nanowires; niobium compounds; photodetectors; superconducting materials; titanium compounds; NbTiN; Si; fill-factor; optimized superconducting nanowire geometry; oxidized silicon; single photon absorption; single photon detectors; Absorption; Detectors; Educational institutions; Photonics; Silicon; Substrates; Superconducting photodetectors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2013 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC
ISSN
2158-3234
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-6309-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NUSOD.2013.6633165
Filename
6633165
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