Highly efficient single-photon detection at communication wavelengths by use of upconversion in reverse-proton-exchanged periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguides |
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| Authors: | Langrock Carsten Diamanti Eleni Roussev Rostislav V Yamamoto Yoshihisa Fejer M M Takesue Hiroki |
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| Affiliation: | Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085, USA. langrock@stanford.edu |
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| Abstract: | Conventional single-photon detectors at communication wavelengths suffer from low quantum efficiencies and large dark counts. We present a single-photon detection system, operating at communication wavelengths, based on guided-wave frequency upconversion in a nonlinear crystal with an overall system detection efficiency (upconversion + detection) exceeding 46% at 1.56 microm. This system consists of a fiber-pigtailed reverse-proton-exchanged periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguide device in conjunction with a silicon-based single-photon counting module. |
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