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Improved Cryogenic Photodiode Optical Biasing for Low-Noise and Low-Jitter Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors
Jia-Hao Hu, Wei-Jun Zhang, Wen-Shuo Yu +7
We experimentally demonstrate an improved optical biasing scheme for superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs), which employs a cryogenic InGaAs-InP photodiode (PD)…
Impact of helium ion irradiation on the thermal properties of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
Yi-Yu Hong, Yu-Ze Wang, Wei-Jun Zhang +12
SNSPDs are indispensable for applications ranging from quantum information processing to deep-space optical communications, owing to their high detection efficiency, low dark count…
A free-space coupled, large-active-area superconducting microstrip single-photon detector for photon-counting time-of-flight imaging
Yu-Ze Wang, Wei-Jun Zhang, Xing-Yu Zhang +9
Numerous applications at the photon-starved regime require a free-space coupling singlephoton detector with a large active area, low dark count rate (DCR), and superior time resolu…
Characterization of a Superconducting Microstrip Single-Photon Detector Shunted with an External Resistor
Yu-Ze Wang, Wei-Jun Zhang, Guang-Zhao Xu +6
A superconducting microstrip single-photon detector (SMSPD) generally requires a shunt resistor to avoid latching, caused by its high current-carrying capacity and low kinetic indu…
Millimeter-scale active area superconducting microstrip single-photon detector fabricated by ultraviolet photolithography
Guang-Zhao Xu, Wei-Jun Zhang, Li-Xing You +7
The effective and convenient detection of single photons via advanced detectors with a large active area is becoming significant for quantum and classical applications. This work d…
High-efficiency broadband fiber-to-chip coupler using a 3D nanoprinting microfiber
Dong-Hui Fan, Xing-Yu Zhang, Wei-Jun Zhang +6
We propose a method for coupling a tapered optical fiber to an inverted tapered SiN waveguide by fabricating a microfiber using 3D nanoprinting lithography. The microfiber consists…
Reducing current crowding in meander superconducting strip single-photon detectors by thickening bends
Jia-Min Xiong, Wei-Jun Zhang, Guang-Zhao Xu +8
To facilitate high optical coupling efficiency and absorptance, the active area of a superconducting nano/microstrip single-photon detector (SNSPD/SMSPD) is often designed as a mea…