All-fiber device for single-photon detection

Autor: Yue Dai, Kunpeng Jia, Guanghao Zhu, Hui Li, Yue Fei, Yuqing Guo, Hang Yuan, Hao Wang, Xiaoqing Jia, Qingyuan Zhao, Lin Kang, Jian Chen, Shi-ning Zhu, Peiheng Wu, Zhenda Xie, Labao Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: PhotoniX, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2662-1991
DOI: 10.1186/s43074-023-00085-5
Popis: Abstract Fiber components form the standard not only in modern telecommunication but also for future quantum information technology. For high-performance single-photon detection, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SPDs) are typically fabricated on a silicon chip and fiber-coupled for easy handling and usage. The fiber-to-chip interface hinders the SPD from being an all-fiber device for full utilization of its excellent performance. Here, we report a scheme of SPD that is directly fabricated on the fiber tip. A bury-and-planar fabrication technique is developed to improve the roughness of the substrate for all-fiber detectors’ performance for single-photon detection with amorphous molybdenum silicide (MoSi) nanowires. The low material selectivity and universal planar process enable fabrication and packaging on a large scale. Such a detector responds to a broad wavelength range from 405 nm to 1550 nm at a dark count rate of 100 cps. The relaxation time of the response pulse is ~ 15 ns, which is comparable to that of on-chip SPDs. Therefore, this device is free from fiber-to-chip coupling and easy packaging for all-fiber quantum information systems.
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