Optoelectronic characterization of a fiber-coupled NbN superconducting nanowire single photon detector

Zhizhong Yan; M. K. Akhlaghi; J. L. Orgiazzi; A. Hamed Majedi

doi:10.1080/09500340802339818

Optoelectronic characterization of a fiber-coupled NbN superconducting nanowire single photon detector

Zhizhong Yan^*, M. K. Akhlaghi, J. L. Orgiazzi, A. Hamed Majedi

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This paper reports our experimental setups to characterize the superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD) that is packaged in-house. Our packaging method ensures not only a satisfied optical coupling efficiency but also a wide band electrical connection. The packaging approach has been proved to meet the needs of cryogenic operations. The basic optoelectronic characterization results including quantum efficiency and dark count rate indicate a good agreement with the expected values.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	380-384
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Modern Optics
Volume	56
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340802339818
Publication status	Published - Jan 2009

Keywords

Dark counts
NbN superconducting films
Quantum communications
Quantum efficiency
Single photon detectors
Superconducting nanowire

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