High-efficiency superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors fabricated from MoSi thin-films

作者:Verma V B*; Korzh B; Bussieres F; Horansky R D; Dyer S D; Lita A E; Vayshenker I; Marsili F; Shaw M D; Zbinden H; Mirin R P; Nam S W
来源:Optics Express, 2015, 23(26): 33792-33801.
DOI:10.1364/OE.23.033792

摘要

We report on MoSi SNSPDs which achieved high system detection efficiency (87.1 +/- 0.5% at 1542 nm) at 0.7 K and we demonstrate that these detectors can also be operated with saturated internal efficiency at a temperature of 2.3 K in a Gifford-McMahon cryocooler. We measured a minimum system jitter of 76 ps, maximum count rate approaching 10 MHz, and polarization dependence as low as 3.3 +/- 0.1%. The performance of MoSi SNSPDs at 2.3 K is similar to the performance of WSi SNSPDs at < 1 K. The higher operating temperature of MoSi SNSPDs makes these devices promising for widespread use due to the simpler and less expensive cryogenics required for their operation.

  • 出版日期2015-12-28