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Photonic quantum technologies such as effective quantum communication require room temperature (RT) operating single- or few- photon sensors with high external quantum efficiency (EQE) at 1550 nm wavelength. The leading class of devices in…
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Quantum photon pairs play a pivotal role in many quantum applications. Metasurfaces, two-dimensional arrays of nanostructures, have been studied intensively to enhance and control pair generation via spontaneous parametric downconversion…
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