Nanowire Single-photon detector with an integrated optical cavity and anti-reflection coating

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 527-534

  Rosfjord, Kristine M ^a   Yang, Joel K W ^a   Dauler, Eric A ^a   Kerman, Andrew J ^a   Anant, Vikas ^a   Voronov, Boris M ^b   Gol'tsman, Gregory N ^b   Berggren, Karl K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS;

DETECTION EFFICIENCIES; NANOELECTROPHOTONIC DEVICES; OPTICAL CAVITY;

DETECTORS;

EID: 31344463940     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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