PT Journal
AU Zinoni, C
   Alloing, B
   Li, LH
   Marsili, F
   Fiore, A
   Lunghi, L
   Gerardino, A
   Vakhtomin, YB
   Smirnov, KV
   Gol’tsman, GN
TI Single-photon experiments at telecommunication wavelengths using nanowire superconducting detectors
SO Appl. Phys. Lett.
JI Appl. Phys. Lett.
PY 2007
BP 031106 (1 to 3)
VL 91
IS 3
DI 10.1063/1.2752108
DE SSPD; SNSPD; APD
AB The authors report fiber-coupled superconducting single-photon detectors with specifications that exceed those of avalanche photodiodes, operating at telecommunication wavelength, in sensitivity, temporal resolution, and repetition frequency. The improved performance is demonstrated by measuring the intensity correlation function g(2)(τ) of single-photon states at 1300nm produced by single semiconductor quantum dots.This work was supported by Swiss National Foundation through the “Professeur borsier” and NCCR Quantum Photonics program, FP6 STREP “SINPHONIA” (Contract No. NMP4-CT-2005-16433), IP “QAP” (Contract No. 15848), NOE “ePIXnet,” and the Italian MIUR-FIRB program.
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