Optical time domain reflectometry with low noise waveguide-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 19, 2013, Pages

  Schuck, C ^a   Pernice, W H P ^a   Ma, X ^a   Tang, H X ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE-RUNNING MODE; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS; SMALL DETECTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING NANOWIRE; SUPERCONDUCTING SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

NANOWIRES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; WAVEGUIDES;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 84877951365     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4803011     Document Type: Article

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