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Author Huang, Kevin C. Y.; Jun, Young Chul; Seo, Min-Kyo; Brongersma, Mark L.
Title Power flow from a dipole emitter near an optical antenna Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Optics Express Abbreviated Journal Opt. Express
Volume (down) 19 Issue 20 Pages 19084-19092
Keywords optical antennas
Abstract Current methods to calculate the emission enhancement of a quantum emitter coupled to an optical antenna of arbitrary geometry rely on analyzing the total Poynting vector power flow out of the emitter or the dyadic Green functions from full-field numerical simulations. Unfortunately, these methods do not provide information regarding the nature of the dominant energy decay pathways. We present a new approach that allows for a rigorous separation, quantification, and visualization of the emitter output power flow captured by an antenna and the subsequent reradiation power flow to the far field. Such analysis reveals unprecedented details of the emitter/antenna coupling mechanisms and thus opens up new design strategies for strongly interacting emitter/antenna systems used in sensing, active plasmonics and metamaterials, and quantum optics.
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Call Number RPLAB @ gujma @ Serial 743
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Author Hu, Xiaolong; Dauler, Eric A.; Molnar, Richard J.; Berggren, Karl K.
Title Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated with optical nano-antennae Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Optics Express Abbreviated Journal Opt. Express
Volume (down) 19 Issue 1 Pages 17-31
Keywords optical antennas
Abstract Optical nano-antennae have been integrated with semiconductor lasers to intensify light at the nanoscale and photodiodes to enhance photocurrent. In quantum optics, plasmonic metal structures have been used to enhance nonclassical light emission from single quantum dots. Absorption and detection of single photons from free space could also be enhanced by nanometallic antennae, but this has not previously been demonstrated. Here, we use nano-optical transmission effects in a one-dimensional gold structure, combined with optical cavity resonance, to form optical nano-antennae, which are further used to couple single photons from free space into a 80-nm-wide superconducting nanowire. This antenna-assisted coupling enables a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector with 47% device efficiency at the wavelength of 1550 nm and 9-μm-by-9-μm active area while maintaining a reset time of only 5 ns. We demonstrate nanoscale antenna-like structures to achieve exceptional efficiency and speed in single-photon detection.
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Call Number RPLAB @ gujma @ Serial 745
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Author Wiechers, C.; Lydersen, L.; Wittmann, C.; Elser, D.; Skaar, J.; Marquardt, Ch; Makarov, V.; Leuchs, G.
Title After-gate attack on a quantum cryptosystem Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication New J. Phys. Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue 1 Pages 14
Keywords quantum cryptography; hacking; interception; attack; SPD; APD; QKD
Abstract We present a method to control the detection events in quantum key distribution systems that use gated single-photon detectors. We employ bright pulses as faked states, timed to arrive at the avalanche photodiodes outside the activation time. The attack can remain unnoticed, since the faked states do not increase the error rate per se. This allows for an intercept-resend attack, where an eavesdropper transfers her detection events to the legitimate receiver without causing any errors. As a side effect, afterpulses, originating from accumulated charge carriers in the detectors, increase the error rate. We have experimentally tested detectors of the system id3110 (Clavis2) from ID Quantique. We identify the parameter regime in which the attack is feasible despite the side effect. Furthermore, we outline how simple modifications in the implementation can make the device immune to this attack.
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Call Number RPLAB @ gujma @ Serial 730
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Author Marsili, Francesco; Najafi, Faraz; Dauler, Eric; Bellei, Francesco; Hu, Xiaolong; Csete, Maria; Molnar, Richard J.; Berggren, Karl K.
Title Single-photon detectors based on ultranarrow superconducting nanowires Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Nano Letters Abbreviated Journal Nano Lett.
Volume (down) 11 Issue 5 Pages 2048–2053
Keywords SNSPD
Abstract We report efficient single-photon detection (η = 20% at 1550 nm wavelength) with ultranarrow (20 and 30 nm wide) superconducting nanowires, which were shown to be more robust to constrictions and more responsive to 1550 nm wavelength photons than standard superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors, based on 90 nm wide nanowires. We also improved our understanding of the physics of superconducting nanowire avalanche photodetectors, which we used to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of ultranarrow-nanowire detectors by a factor of 4, thus relaxing the requirements on the read-out circuitry and making the devices suitable for a broader range of applications.
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Call Number RPLAB @ gujma @ Serial 659
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Author Семенов, А. В.; Девятов, И. А.; Третьяков, И. В.; Лобанов, Ю. В.; Ожегов, Р. В.; Петренко, Д. В.; Селиверстов, С. В.; Финкель, М. И.
Title Вывод уравнения типа уравнения гинзбурга-ландау для нанопроволоки вблизи критического магнитного поля Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Журнал радиоэлектроники Abbreviated Journal Ж. радиоэлектроники
Volume (down) 11 Issue Pages 4
Keywords superconductivity; nanowire; Ginzburg-Landau equation
Abstract Nonlinear Ginzburg-Landau equation for dirty supercondicting 1D wire is derived in the limit of high magnetic field.

В пределе больших магнитных полей выведено нелинейное уравнение Гинзбурга-Ландау, описывающее состояние одномерной «грязной» нанопроволоки.
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Call Number RPLAB @ gujma @ Serial 714
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