Characterization of coupling efficiency and absorption coefficient for fiber-coupled SNSPD with an optical cavity

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 21, Issue 3 PART 1, 2011, Pages 332-335

  Miki, Shigehito ^a   Yamashita, Taro ^a   Fujiwara, Mikio ^a   Sasaki, Masahide ^a   Wang, Zhen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

NbN films; Single photon detector; Superconducting nanowire

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; ABSORPTANCE; ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; NBN FILMS; OPTICAL CAVITIES; OPTICAL COUPLING EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL COUPLINGS; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTOR; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING NANOWIRE;

ABSORPTION; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; DETECTORS; EFFICIENCY; LENSES; NANOWIRES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 79957932140     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2010.2091486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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