PT Unknown
AU Zhizhon, Y
   Majedi, HA
TI Optoelectronic mixing in the NbN superconducting nanowire single photon detectors
SE Proc. SPIE
PY 2009
BP 9
VL 3786
DE Optoelectronic devices; microwave superconductivity; nonlinearity; single photon detector; superconductivity; nanowire; optical mixing; microwave mixers; amplitude modulation; intensity modulation.
AB In this paper, we present our experimental results on the electrically pumped optoelectronic mixing effect exhibited in a niobium nitride (NbN) superconducting nanowire. The experimental setup in order to test the mixer has been reported in detail. This superconductive nanowire optoelectronic mixer demonstrates photodetection and mixing in an integrated manner. We have explored both effects under a great variety of external conditions, such as temperature and bias current, in order to seek potential ways toward quantum optoelectronic detection and mixing by such nanowire device.
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