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Single-Photon Detection



This effort focuses on developing nanowire superconductive photodetectors.

Team: Vikas Anant, Nicole Berdy (undergraduate), Adam Chao (undergraduate), Eric Dauler, Charles Herder (undergraduate), Xiaolong Hu, Joel Yang

Collaborators

  • Dr. A. J. Kerman, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
  • Dr. William Keicher, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
  • Dr. Scott Hamilton, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
  • Dr. Bryan Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
  • Dr. Boris Voronov, Moscow State Pedagogical University
  • Prof. Gregory Gol'tsman, Moscow State Pedagogical University
  • Dr. Roman Sobolewski, University of Rochester

Additional Information

  • "Interplanetary Broadband" Kevin Bullis, Technology Review, Jan 31, 2006. (http://www.technologyreview.com/NanoTech-Devices/wtr_16218,303,p1.html)
  • "Nanowire Single-Photon Detector with an Integrated Optical Cavity and Anti-Reflection Coating" K. M. Rosfjord, J. K. W. Yang, E. A. Dauler, A. J. Kerman, V. Anant, B. Voronov, G. N. Gol'tsman, K. K. Berggren, Optics Express, 14 527-34 (2006) [ abstract ][ pdf ].
  • "781-Mbit/s photon-counting optical communications using a superconducting nanowire detector," Bryan S. Robinson, Andrew J. Kerman, Eric A. Dauler, Richard J. Barron, David O. Caplan, Mark L. Stevens, John J. Carney, and Scott A. Hamilton, Joel K. W. Yang, and Karl K. Berggren, Opt. Lett., doc. ID 64766 (posted 15 November 2005, in press) [ pdf ].
  • "Kinetic-inductance-limited reset time of superconducting nanowire photon counters," Andrew J. Kerman, Eric A. Dauler, William E. Keicher, Joel K. W. Yang, Karl K. Berggren, G. Gol'tsman, and B. Voronov, ArXiv preprint available at physics/0510238 Applied Physics Letters , in press.
  • "Fabrication Development for Nanowire GHz-Counting-Rate Single-Photon Detectors," Joel K. W. Yang, Eric Dauler, Antonin Ferri, Aaron Pearlman, Aleksandr Verevkin, Gregory Gol'tsman, Boris Voronov, Roman Sobolewski, William E. Keicher, Karl K. Berggren, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond ., 15 , pp. 626-630, (2005) [ pdf ].

Sponsors

  • MIT Lincoln Laboratory
  • DTO (Disruptive Technology Office)

 

 
 
       
 
 
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