Nanoscale Optical Detector with Single-Photon and Multiphoton Sensitivity

被引：48
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作者：
Bitauld, David [1 ]
Marsili, Francesco [1 ,2 ]
Gaggero, Alessandro [3 ]
Mattioli, Francesco [3 ]
Leoni, Roberto [3 ]
Nejad, Saeedeh Jahanmiri [1 ]
Levy, Francis [4 ]
Fiore, Andrea [1 ]
机构：
[1] Eindhoven Univ Technol, COBRA Res Inst, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands
[2] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Inst Quantum Elect & Photon IPEQ, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[3] CNR, IFN, I-00156 Rome, Italy
[4] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Inst Condensed Matter Phys, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
来源：
NANO LETTERS | 2010年 / 10卷 / 08期
基金：
瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词：
Single-photon detectors; nanoscale detectors; nanoscale imaging; quantum imaging; FIELD; LIGHT;
D O I：
10.1021/nl101411h
中图分类号：
O6 [化学];
学科分类号：
0703 ;
摘要：
We present the first nanoscale (down to approximate to 50 x 50 nm(2)) detector displaying single-photon sensitivity and a nanosecond response. This type of nanodetector can also be operated in multiphoton mode, where the detection threshold can be set at N = 1, 2, 3, or 4 photons, thus allowing the mapping of photon number statistics on the nanoscale. Its operation principle based on that of hot-spot formation in superconducting nanowires allies the temporal resolution and sensitivity of superconducting single-photon detectors with subwavelength resolution and photon number discrimination. Such detectors can be of great interest for the study of nanophotonic devices at low temperature.
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页码：2977 / 2981
页数：5
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