1305.5832 (Mohsen K. Akhlaghi et al.)

Efficient Single Photon Absorption by Optimized Superconducting Nanowire
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Mohsen K. Akhlaghi, Haig Atikian, Jeff F. Young, Marko Loncar, A. Hamed Majedi

We report on simulation results that shows optimum photon absorption by superconducting nanowires can happen at a fill-factor that is much less than 100%. We also present experimental results on high performance of our superconducting nanowire single photon detectors realized using NbTiN on oxidized silicon.

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