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High-efficiency UV Superconducting Nanowire Single-photon Detectors from Amorphous MoSi

Authors :
Richard P. Mirin
Sae Woo Nam
Andrew D. Beyer
Francesco Marsili
Matthew D. Shaw
Ryan M. Briggs
Emma E. Wollman
Varun B. Verma
Source :
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
OSA, 2016.

Abstract

We demonstrate high-efficiency detection of 370 nm photons using superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. The detectors employ amorphous MoSi (bulk T c = 6.8 K) to enable operation on a compact cryocooler system.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........64a3fba53247f42bff82d17ca7ad5603
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1364/cleo_qels.2016.fw4c.4