High-speed and high-efficiency travelling wave single-photon detectors embedded in nanophotonic circuits

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pernice, W H P ^a,d   Schuck, C ^a   Minaeva, O ^b   Li, M ^a   Goltsman, G N ^c   Sergienko, A V ^b   Tang, H X ^a,d  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPHOTONIC CIRCUIT; NANOWIRE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; DETECTION METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; IMAGE QUALITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTON; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRAVELLING WAVE SINGLE PHOTON DETECTOR;

EID: 84871753238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2307     Document Type: Article

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