Introduction to the Issue on Superconducting Quantum Electronics and Photonics

Author

Hamed Majedi, A. ; Nakamura, Yasunobu ; Oliver, William D. ; Pagano, Sergio ; Foley, Cathy

Author_Institution

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Volume

21

Issue

2

fYear

2015

fDate

March-April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The seven papers included in this special section highlight recent progress in the application of superconductivity in quantum electronic and photonic devices and systems. The papers include two reviews on recent developments in superconducting nanowire single photon detectors, one review on Josephson Light Emitting Diodes, one on hybrid superconductor-semiconductor quantum devices and the last one on nanoSQUIDs. The contributed papers are on the electromagnetic properties of superconducting-based photonic crystal structures. We hope you will find this issue to be an insightful and interesting reference that will provide useful information, impact, stimulate, and promote further advances in the application of superconductivity in quantum electronics and photonics.

Keywords

Josephson junctions; Photonics; Quantum computing; Special issues and sections; Superconducitivity; Superconducting devices; Superconducting photodetectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2015.2409054

Filename

7081329