Saturation efficiency for detecting 1550 nm photons with a 2 × 2 array of Mo<sub>0.8</sub>Si<sub>0.2</sub> nanowires at 2.2 K

Feiyan Li; Hang Han; Qi Chen; Biao Zhang; Han Bao; Yue Dai; Rui Ge; Shuya Guo; Guanglong He; Yue Fei; Shuchao Yang; Xiaohan Wang; Hao Wang; Xiaoqing Jia; Qingyuan Zhao; Labao Zhang; Lin Kang; Peiheng Wu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.412697

Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 3, 389(2021)

Saturation efficiency for detecting 1550 nm photons with a 2 × 2 array of Mo_0.8Si_0.2 nanowires at 2.2 K

Feiyan Li^1、†, Hang Han^1、†, Qi Chen, Biao Zhang, Han Bao, Yue Dai, Rui Ge, Shuya Guo, Guanglong He, Yue Fei, Shuchao Yang, Xiaohan Wang, Hao Wang, Xiaoqing Jia, Qingyuan Zhao, Labao Zhang^*, Lin Kang, and Peiheng Wu

Author Affiliations

School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

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Feiyan Li, Hang Han, Qi Chen, Biao Zhang, Han Bao, Yue Dai, Rui Ge, Shuya Guo, Guanglong He, Yue Fei, Shuchao Yang, Xiaohan Wang, Hao Wang, Xiaoqing Jia, Qingyuan Zhao, Labao Zhang, Lin Kang, Peiheng Wu, "Saturation efficiency for detecting 1550 nm photons with a 2 × 2 array of Mo_0.8Si_0.2 nanowires at 2.2 K," Photonics Res. 9, 389 (2021)

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Category: Optical Devices

Received: Oct. 15, 2020

Accepted: Dec. 29, 2020

Published Online: Mar. 2, 2021

The Author Email: Labao Zhang (Lzhang@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.412697

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