Compact cryogenic self-aligning fiber-to-detector coupling with losses below one percent

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9102-9110

  Miller, Aaron J ^a   Lita, Adriana E ^b   Calkins, Brice ^b   Vayshenker, Igor ^b   Gruber, Steven M ^b   Nam, Sae Woo ^b  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CRYOGENICS; DETECTORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; COMPACT PACKAGING; COMPONENT COSTS; COUPLING LIGHT; COUPLING LOSS; COUPLING METHODS; FIBER CORES; LOW LOSS; SELF ALIGNMENT; SELF-ALIGNING; SENSITIVE DEVICES; SINGLE MODE; SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; TELECOMMUNICATION FIBERS; TRANSITION-EDGE SENSORS;

FIBERS;

EID: 79955830508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.009102     Document Type: Article

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