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4 October 2023 Ultrasensitive plasmonic superconducting single-photon detectors for visible light
Yu-Jung Lu
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Proceedings Volume PC12646, Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2023; PC126460L (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676692
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2023, San Diego, California, United States
Abstract
Single-photon detectors have been widely studied for decades because of their unique capability to resolve photon numbers, enabling many applications in quantum information technologies. Compared to other types of single-photon detectors, niobium nitride (NbN) superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors are promising candidates and are commercially available today. However, the absorption coefficient of superconducting NbN in the visible range is typically low, resulting in low quantum efficiency and low signal-to-noise ratios. In the present work, we use a novel approach to enhance the visible-light photoresponse in NbN superconducting microwire photon detectors (SMPDs) by integrating them with gap plasmon resonators (GPRs). This talk describes how we observe the plasmonic NbN SMPDs can achieve a 233-fold enhancement in the phonon-electron interaction factor (γ) compared to pristine NbN SMPDs under resonant conditions with illumination at 532 nm. The nonlinear photoresponse in the visible region is attributed to the gap-plasmon-induced heating that breaks the superconducting state to normal. Our results open new opportunities for ultrasensitive single-photon detection for quantum information processing, quantum optics, imaging, and sensing at visible wavelengths. The detailed mechanisms and possible applications will be discussed. Finally, I will discuss emerging plasmonic platforms based on transition metal nitrides and their potential applications.
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Yu-Jung Lu "Ultrasensitive plasmonic superconducting single-photon detectors for visible light", Proc. SPIE PC12646, Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2023, PC126460L (4 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676692
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KEYWORDS
Single photon detectors
Superconductors
Quantum plasmonics
Visible radiation
Quantum information applications
Quantum enhancement
Quantum optics applications
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