Title :
Saturated photon detection efficiency in NbN superconducting photon detectors
Author :
Murphy, Ryan P. ; Grein, Matthew E. ; Gudmundsen, Theodore J. ; McCaughan, Adam ; Najafi, Faraz ; Berggren, Karl K. ; Marsili, Francesco ; Dauler, Eric A.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
In this work, we demonstrate saturated photon detection efficiency with narrow NbN nanowires and SNAPs to boost the signal-to-noise ratio, and we demonstrate a stabilizing choke inductance that is part of the optically-active area.
Keywords :
inductance; nanowires; niobium compounds; superconducting photodetectors; type II superconductors; NbN; choke inductance; nanowires; optically-active area; saturated photon detection efficiency; signal-to-noise ratio; superconducting nanowire avalanche photodetectors; superconducting photon detectors; Detectors; Inductors; Nanowires; Optical device fabrication; Photonics; Signal to noise ratio; Superconducting photodetectors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
