Design of a low-filling-factor and polarization-sensitive superconducting nanowire single photon detector with high detection efficiency

Dezhi Li; Rongzhen Jiao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.000847

Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 8, 847(2019)

Design of a low-filling-factor and polarization-sensitive superconducting nanowire single photon detector with high detection efficiency

Dezhi Li^1,2 and Rongzhen Jiao^1,2、*

Author Affiliations

¹School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China

²State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China

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Paper Information

Category: Optical Devices

Received: Mar. 4, 2019

Accepted: Jun. 4, 2019

Published Online: Jul. 12, 2019

The Author Email: Rongzhen Jiao (rzjiao@bupt.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000847

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