Multi-channel quantum communication receiver made from waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectorsOpen Access

Häußler M; Terhaar R; Gehring H; Wolff MA; Beutel F; Hartmann W; Walter N; Tillmann M; Wahl M; Röhlicke T; Rahn H; Wernicke D; Perlot N; Rödiger J; Pernice WHP; Schuck C

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Abstract

We present a fiber-coupled multi-channel waveguide-integrated superconducting single-photon detector array for fast, efficient and highly parallelized counting with below 65 ps timing accuracy for high-rate quantum key distribution implementations at telecommunication wavelengths.

Details about the publication

Name of the repositoryProceedings Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC)
Article numberM3B.5
StatusPublished
Release year2021
Language in which the publication is writtenEnglish
ConferenceOptical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2021, Washington, United States
KeywordsDetector arrays; Optical components; Physical vapor deposition; Quantum communications; Quantum key distribution; Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors

Authors from the University of Münster

Beutel, Fabian
Häußler, Matthias
Pernice, Wolfram
Schuck, Carsten
Terhaar, Robin
Walter, Nicolai
Wolff, Martin Axel