Using surface plasmons to enhance the speed and efficiency of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

Author

Hu, Xiaolong ; Dauler, Eric A. ; Kerman, Andrew J. ; Yang, Joel K.W. ; White, James E. ; Herder, Charles H. ; Berggren, Karl K.

Author_Institution

Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report our design and fabrication of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated with gold plasmonic nanostructures, which can enhance the absorption of TM-polarized light, and can enlarge the effective area without sacrificing detector speed.

Keywords

gold; nanowires; niobium compounds; plasmonics; silicon compounds; superconducting photodetectors; surface plasmons; titanium; NbN-SiO₂-Ti-Au; TM-polarized light; gold cavities; gold gratings; gold plasmonic nanostructures; single-photon detectors; superconducting nanowire; surface plasmons; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Detectors; Gold; Nanoscale devices; Nanostructures; Optical coupling; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Superconducting photodetectors; 040.5160; 050.6624;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5226103