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Irimajiri Y, Kumagai M, Morohashi I, Kawakami A, Nagano S, Sekine N, et al. Phase-locking of a THz-QCL using a Low Noise HEB mixer, and a Frequency-comb as a Reference. In: 39th Int. Conf. IRMMW-THz.; 2014. p. 1–2.
Abstract: We have developed a phase-locking system of a 3.1THz QCL (Quantum Cascade Laser) using a low noise hot electron bolometer mixer (HEBM) and a THz reference. The THz reference was generated by photomixing two optical modes of a frequency comb. The THz-QCL and HEBM devices are fabricated in our laboratory. A line width of the phase-locked QCL of narrower than 1Hz was achieved.
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Pütz P., Büchel D., Jacobs K., Schultz M., Honingh C.E., Stutzki J. Waveguide Hot Electron Bolometer Mixer development for upGREAT. Kosma. 2014.
Abstract: We report on our hot electron bolometer mixer development for the focal plane array extension upGREAT of the German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz frequencies (GREAT) operated on SOFIA. For (up)GREAT we have pushed the waveguide technology to 4.7 THz and present RF performance results. We describe the RF planar circuit design, the micro fabrication employing NbN microbridges on 2 µm thin Si membrane substrates and the machining technology used for the waveguides. One of the 4.7 THz mixers was used in the high frequency channel on GREAT in May 2014 and performed as expected from the laboratory characterization.
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Glejm AV, Anisimov AA, Asnis LN, Vakhtomin YB, Divochiy AV, Egorov VI, et al. Quantum key distribution in an optical fiber at distances of up to 200 km and a bit rate of 180 bit/s. Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Physics. 2014;78(3):171–5.
Abstract: An experimental demonstration of a subcarrier-wave quantum cryptography system with superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPDs) that distributes a secure key in a single-mode fiber at distance of 25 km with a bit rate of 800 kbit/s, a distance of 100 km with a bit rate of 19 kbit/s, and a distance of 200 km with a bit rate of 0.18 kbit/s is described.
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Korneeva YP, Mikhailov MY, Pershin YP, Manova NN, Divochiy AV, Vakhtomin YB, et al. Superconducting single-photon detector made of MoSi film. Supercond Sci Technol. 2014;27(9):095012.
Abstract: We fabricated and characterized nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors made of 4 nm thick amorphous Mox Si1−x films. At 1.7 K the best devices exhibit a detection efficiency (DE) up to 18% at 1.2 $\mu {\rm m}$ wavelength of unpolarized light, a characteristic response time of about 6 ns and timing jitter of 120 ps. The DE was studied in wavelength range from 650 nm to 2500 nm. At wavelengths below 1200 nm these detectors reach their maximum DE limited by photon absorption in the thin MoSi film.
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Ozhegov R, Elezov M, Kurochkin Y, Kurochkin V, Divochiy A, Kovalyuk V, et al. Quantum key distribution over 300. In: Orlikovsky AA, editor. Proc. SPIE. Vol 9440. SPIE; 2014. 1F (1 to 9).
Abstract: We discuss the possibility of polarization state reconstruction and measurement over 302 km by Superconducting Single- Photon Detectors (SSPDs). Because of the excellent characteristics and the possibility to be effectively coupled to singlemode optical fiber many applications of the SSPD have already been reported. The most impressive one is the quantum key distribution (QKD) over 250 km distance. This demonstration shows further possibilities for the improvement of the characteristics of quantum-cryptographic systems such as increasing the bit rate and the quantum channel length, and decreasing the quantum bit error rate (QBER). This improvement is possible because SSPDs have the best characteristics in comparison with other single-photon detectors. We have demonstrated the possibility of polarization state reconstruction and measurement over 302.5 km with superconducting single-photon detectors. The advantage of an autocompensating optical scheme, also known as “plugandplay” for quantum key distribution, is high stability in the presence of distortions along the line. To increase the distance of quantum key distribution with this optical scheme we implement the superconducting single photon detectors (SSPD). At the 5 MHz pulse repetition frequency and the average photon number equal to 0.4 we measured a 33 bit/s quantum key generation for a 101.7 km single mode ber quantum channel. The extremely low SSPD dark count rate allowed us to keep QBER at 1.6% level.
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