Superconducting single photon detectors for ultrasensitive visible and IR detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7249, Issue , 2009, Pages

  De Lamaestre, Roch Espiau ^a   Maingault, Laurent ^a   Frey, Laurent ^a   Constancias, Christophe ^a   Cavalier, Paul ^a   Villégier, Jean Claude ^a   Odier, Philippe ^b   Poizat, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Epitaxy; IR; NbN; Photon polarization; Prism coupling; Quantum efficiency; SSPD; Superconductor; Visible

Indexed keywords

EPITAXY; IR; NBN; PHOTON POLARIZATION; PRISM COUPLING; SSPD; SUPERCONDUCTOR; VISIBLE;

ABSORPTION; APPLICATIONS; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; CAMERAS; CORUNDUM; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANOWIRES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; PRISMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; SAFETY FACTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SENSORS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 62649110773     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.806198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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