Waveguide design for integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

• Main Author: Dzulkarnain, Iskandar
• Other Authors: Cesare Soci
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Science::Physics::Optics and light; Science::Physics::Electricity and magnetism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156993
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper aims to survey the current state of single-photon detector technology, and eventually focus on the superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) as well as its operating mechanisms. The applications and factors influencing its efficiency will be discussed. After evaluating...