Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 21, Issue 6, 1496(2013)

Fiber coupling of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

LIU Deng-kuan1...2,*, CHEN Si-jing1,2, YOU Li-xing1, HE Yu-hao1,2, and ZHANG Ling12 |Show fewer author(s)
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    LIU Deng-kuan, CHEN Si-jing, YOU Li-xing, HE Yu-hao, ZHANG Ling. Fiber coupling of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2013, 21(6): 1496

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    Received: Jan. 2, 2013

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    Published Online: Jul. 1, 2013

    The Author Email: Deng-kuan LIU (liudk_nju@mail.sim.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/ope.20132106.1496

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