Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector on thin- film lithium niobate photonic waveguide

Authors :: Jeffrey Holzgrafe
Di Zhu
Marco Colangelo
Karl K. Berggren
Boris Desiatov
Marko Loncar
Owen Medeiros
Source :: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Optica Publishing Group, 2020.
Abstract: We integrate niobium nitride superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) on thin-film lithium niobate (LN) photonic waveguides. Further development of this technology may push towards more complex circuits and functionalities on this already promising platform.

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