TY  - JOUR
AU  - Xiaolong Hu
AU  - Holzwarth, C. W.
AU  - Masciarelli, D.
AU  - Dauler, E. A.
AU  - Berggren, K. K.
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2009//
TI  - Efficiently coupling light to superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
JO  - IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.
SP  - 336
EP  - 340
VL  - 19
IS  - 3
KW  - optical antennas
KW  - SNSPD
AB  - We designed superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) integrated with silver optical antennae for free-space coupling and a dielectric waveguide for fiber coupling. According to our finite-element simulation, (1) for the free-space coupling, the absorptance of the NbN nanowire for TM-polarized photons at the wavelength of 1550 nm can be as high as 96% by adding silver optical antennae; (2) for the fiber coupling, the absorptance of the NbN nanowire for TE-like-polarized photons can reach 76% including coupling efficiency at the wavelength of 1550 nm by adding a silicon nitride waveguide and an inverse-taper coupler.
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