Title :
Investigation of local photon detection efficiency distributions in nanowire superconducting single—photon detectors
Author :
Baek, Burm ; Gansen, Eric J. ; Stevens, Martin J. ; Mirin, Richard P. ; Nam, Sae Woo ; Hadfield, Robert H. ; Dalgarno, Paul A. ; Connor, John A O ; Ramsay, Euan ; Warburton, Richard J.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO
Abstract :
Uniform meander structure is one of the key issues in developing high-detection-efficiency nanowire superconducting single photon detectors. We present our effort on investigating their local photon detection efficiency distribution in high spatial resolution.
Keywords :
nanowires; superconducting photodetectors; local photon detection efficiency distributions; nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors; Detectors; Electron optics; NIST; Nanoscale devices; Optical films; Optical recording; Optical sensors; Photonics; Scanning electron microscopy; Spatial resolution; (250.0040) Detectors; 040.5570 Quantum detectors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
