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Efficient Single Photon Absorption by Optimized Superconducting Nanowire Geometries

Superconductivity 2016-11-18 v1 Optics Quantum Physics
Authors: Mohsen K. Akhlaghi , Haig Atikian , Jeff F. Young , Marko Loncar , A. Hamed Majedi
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Abstract

We report on simulation results that shows optimum photon absorption by superconducting nanowires can happen at a fill-factor that is much less than 100%. We also present experimental results on high performance of our superconducting nanowire single photon detectors realized using NbTiN on oxidized silicon.

Keywords

superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors perfect absorption optical absorption spectroscopy

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@article{arxiv.1305.5832,
  title  = {Efficient Single Photon Absorption by Optimized Superconducting Nanowire Geometries},
  author = {Mohsen K. Akhlaghi and Haig Atikian and Jeff F. Young and Marko Loncar and A. Hamed Majedi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.5832},
  year   = {2016}
}

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\copyright 2013 IEEE. Submitted to "Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices - NUSOD 2013" on 19-April-2013

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