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

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Hu, Xiaolong; Dauler, Eric A.; Kerman, Andrew J.; Yang, Joel K. W.; White, James E.; ... Show more
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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.
Date issued
2009-08
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59385
Department
Lincoln Laboratory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Journal
Proceedings of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Citation
Xiaolong Hu et al. “Using surface plasmons to enhance the speed and efficiency of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors.” Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on. 2009. 1-2. ©2009 IEEE
Version: Final published version
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INSPEC Accession Number: 10843431
ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
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