Efficient and low-noise single-photon detection in 1550 nm communication band by frequency upconversion in periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguides

Optics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 639-641

  Kamada, H ^a   Asobe, M ^b   Honjo, T ^a   Takesue, H ^a   Tokura, Y ^a   Nishida, Y ^b   Tadanaga, O ^b   Miyazawa, H ^b  

^a Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BAND; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTION;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONS;

EID: 42449129130     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.000639     Document Type: Article

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