Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 10, 1011022(2021)

Self-Aligned Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector

Rongxin Geng1,2,3, Hao Li1,2,4、*, Jia Huang1,2, Peng Hu1,2,3, You Xiao1,2,3, Huiqin Yu1,2, and Lixing You1,2、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
  • 2Center for Excellence in Superconducting Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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    Rongxin Geng, Hao Li, Jia Huang, Peng Hu, You Xiao, Huiqin Yu, Lixing You. Self-Aligned Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(10): 1011022

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Jan. 18, 2021

    Accepted: Mar. 15, 2021

    Published Online: May. 28, 2021

    The Author Email: Hao Li (lihao@mail.sim.ac.cn), Lixing You (lxyou@mail.sim.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.1011022

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