Superconducting single-photon detectors integrated with diamond nanophotonic circuits

Patrik Rath; Oliver Kahl; Simone Ferrari; Fabian Sproll; Georgia Lewes-Malandrakis; Dietmar Brink; Konstantin Ilin; Michael Siegel; Christoph Nebel; Wolfram Pernice

doi:10.1038/lsa.2015.111

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Superconducting single-photon detectors integrated with diamond nanophotonic circuits

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- Superconducting single-photon detectors integrated with diamond nanophotonic circuits
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 4, Issue 4, (2015)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
  2.Institute of Micro- and Nanoelectronic Systems, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany
  3.Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics, Tullastr. 72, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
- Author bio：
  
  W Pernice, Email: wolfram.pernice@kit.edu
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2015.111
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- Published：2015-12，
  
  Published Online：10 June 2015，
  
  Received：13 March 2015，
  
  Revised：18 May 2015，
  
  Accepted：08 June 2015
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Rath, P. et al. Superconducting single-photon detectors integrated with diamond nanophotonic circuits. Light: Science & Applications, 4, e338 (2015).
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Rath, P. et al. Superconducting single-photon detectors integrated with diamond nanophotonic circuits. Light: Science & Applications, 4, e338 (2015). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2015.111.

摘要

Abstract

Photonic quantum technologies hold promise to repeat the success of integrated nanophotonic circuits in non-classical applications. Using linear optical elements

quantum optical computations can be performed with integrated optical circuits and can therefore overcome the existing limitations in terms of scalability. In addition to passive optical devices for realizing photonic quantum gates

active elements

such as single-photon sources and single-photon detectors

are essential ingredients for future optical quantum circuits. Material systems that allow for the monolithic integration of all components are particularly attractive

including Ⅲ-Ⅴ semiconductors

silicon and diamond. Here

we demonstrate nanophotonic integrated circuits made from high-quality polycrystalline diamond thin films in combination with on-chip single-photon detectors. By using superconducting nanowires that are coupled evanescently to traveling waves

we achieve high detection efficiencies of up to 66% as well as low dark count rates and a timing resolution of 190 ps. Our devices are fully scalable and hold promise for functional diamond photonic quantum devices.

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diamond nanophotonicsintegrated opticssuperconducting single-photon detectors

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