Waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

By Simone Ferrari, Carsten Schuck, W. Pernice. Nanophotonics, 2018

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Abstract Integration of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with nanophotonic waveguides is a key technological step that enables a broad range of classical and quantum technologies on chip-scale platforms. The excellent detection efficiency, timing and noise performance of these detectors have sparked growing interest over the last decade and have found use in diverse applications. Almost 10 years after the first waveguide-coupled superconducting detectors were proposed, here, we review the performance metrics of these devices, compare both superconducting and dielectric waveguide material systems and present prominent emerging applications.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for quantum information (2020, methodology): “to the coupling loss of the waveguide; however, absorption and intrinsic were claimed to be close to 1, which may play an important role in integrated quantum photonics [32; 73].”
2022 Roadmap on integrated quantum photonics (2021, background): “For resonator-based modulators, this bandwidth is restricted to tens of GHz by the width of the optical resonance and resistance-capacitance limit of the electrode.”