DocumentCode
2249122
Title
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
Author
Berggren, K.K. ; Anant, V. ; Baek, B. ; Dauler, E. ; Hu, X. ; Kerman, A.J. ; Marsili, F. ; Mirin, R.P. ; Molnar, R. ; Nam, S.W. ; Najafi, F. ; Stevens, M.J. ; Wong, F. ; Zhong, Tian
Author_Institution
Res. Lab. of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors show exceptional performance for quantum information processing, but several developments promise further progress, including new signal-amplification methods and efficient devices in the mid-infrared.
Keywords
nanophotonics; nanowires; optical information processing; photon counting; quantum communication; superconducting photodetectors; mid-infrared devices; quantum communication; quantum information processing; signal-amplification methods; superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors; Detectors; High speed optical techniques; Optical detectors; Optical receivers; Performance evaluation; Photonics; Superconducting photodetectors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5950980
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