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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 4, 1067(2025)

On-chip superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated with pump rejection for entanglement characterization

Zhiyun Shu1,2,3, Yuchi Li1,2,3, Xiaoyu Liu1,2, Hailong Han1,2, You Xiao1,2, Jia Huang1,2, Hongxin Xu1,2,3, Wei Zhang4, Lixing You1,2,3, Zhen Wang1,2, and Hao Li1,2,5、*
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  • 1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Superconductor Integrated Circuit Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • 2National Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • 3Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 5Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai 201315, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Quantum Optics

    Received: Nov. 27, 2024

    Accepted: Feb. 7, 2025

    Published Online: Apr. 3, 2025

    The Author Email: Hao Li (lihao@mail.sim.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.550313

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.550313

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