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Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector on aluminum nitride

  • Di Zhu
  • , Hyeongrak Choi
  • , Tsung Ju Lu
  • , Qingyuan Zhao
  • , Andrew Dane
  • , Faraz Najafi
  • , Dirk R. Englund
  • , Karl K. Berggren
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Abstract

We report successful fabrication of niobium nitride single-photon detectors on aluminum nitride substrates. The fabricated detectors showed saturated detection efficiency at 2.45 K under 1550 nm illumination (indicating near-unity internal quantum efficiency), sub-60-ps jitter, and ∼6 ns reset time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781943580118
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 16 2016
Event2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2016 - San Jose, United States
Duration: Jun 5 2016Jun 10 2016

Publication series

Name2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2016

Conference

Conference2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Jose
Period06/5/1606/10/16

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