Single‐photon detectors and nanoscale superconducting devices are two major candidates
for realizing quantum technologies. Superconducting‐nanowire single‐photon detectors …

High performance photodetectors (PDs) based on two‐dimensional (2D) perovskite single
crystals (SCs) have been demonstrated with improved stability with respect to those based …

Polarization is one of the key parameters of light. Most optical detectors are intensity
detectors that are insensitive to the polarization of light. A superconducting nanowire single …

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors are rapidly emerging as a key infrared
photon-counting technology. Two front-side-coupled silver dipole nanoantennas, simulated …

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) deliver superior performance
over their competitors in the near-infrared regime. However, these detectors have an …

Due to its high molecular specificity, Raman spectroscopy is a well-established analytical
tool. Usually the inelastically scattered Raman light is spectrally dispersed by a …

With asymmetric split ring metamaterial periodically placed on top of the niobium nitride
(NbN) nanowire meander, we theoretically propose a kind of metal-insulator-metallic …

Configurations capable of maximizing both the absorption component of system detection
efficiency and the achievable polarization contrast were determined for 1550 nm polarized …

Antireflection surfaces are often utilized in optical components to reduce undesired reflection
and increase absorption. We report on black silicon (b-Si) with dramatically enhanced …

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) were integrated with
plasmonic nanostructures to enhance the absorption efficiency of superconducting BSCCO …