Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors: physics and applications

CM Natarajan, MG Tanner… - … science and technology, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Single-photon detectors based on superconducting nanowires (SSPDs or SNSPDs) have
rapidly emerged as a highly promising photon-counting technology for infrared wavelengths …

Waveguide integrated low noise NbTiN nanowire single-photon detectors with milli-Hz dark count rate

C Schuck, WHP Pernice, HX Tang - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors are an ideal match for integrated
quantum photonic circuits due to their high detection efficiency for telecom wavelength …

Single-photon detectors for infrared wavelengths in the range 1–1.7 μm

GS Buller, RJ Collins - Advanced Photon Counting: Applications, Methods …, 2015 - Springer
The ongoing progress of scientific research in areas such as quantum communications, low-
light level laser ranging, and material science (to name but a few) has led to increased …

Experimental characterization of optically tunable high-temperature superconducting microwave resonators and delay lines

HA Atikian, BG Ghamsari… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports the design, fabrication, and measurements of optically tunable
superconducting microwave resonators and delay lines. The devices are comprised of …

Power absorption efficiency in superconducting fiber optical waveguides

VA Popescu - Journal of superconductivity and novel magnetism, 2012 - Springer
By using an analytical model and a finite element method, we investigate a new, very
sensitive, superconducting traveling wave photodetector made by a fiber waveguide, which …

Plasmonic optical waveguides in superconductive traveling-wave photodetectors

BG Ghamsari, AH Majedi - Photonics North 2008, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper investigates the use of plasmonic optical waveguides in superconductive
traveling-wave photodetectors (STWPDs) as a promising technique to efficiently couple the …

Theory of superconductive traveling-wave photodetectors

BG Ghamsari, AH Majedi - IEEE transactions on applied …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the theory of traveling-wave photodetection in superconductive multilayer
optical waveguides, as a general platform for ultrafast, ultrasensitive, and ultralow-noise …

Sensitivity of traveling wave photodetectors in superconducting fiber plasmon–polariton optical waveguides

VA Popescu - Journal of superconductivity and novel magnetism, 2012 - Springer
By using an analytical model and a finite element method, we investigate a new, very
sensitive, superconducting traveling wave photodetector made by a fiber waveguide, which …

Surface plasmon-enhanced coupling of optical guided waves to high-temperature superconducting optoelectronic structures

BG Ghamsari, AH Majedi - IEEE transactions on applied …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel technique is proposed for coupling near-infrared and visible optical power to high-
temperature superconducting (HTS) optoelectronic structures, fabricated on a high-index …

Sensitivity of traveling wave photodetectors in superconducting box-shaped plasmon-polariton optical waveguides

VA Popescu, NN Puscas, G Perrone - Journal of superconductivity and …, 2010 - Springer
A new, very sensitive, superconducting traveling-wave photodetector made by a modified
box-shaped waveguide, which includes a high-index layer, a metallic layer, and an active …