Low-jitter single-photon detector arrays integrated with silicon and aluminum nitride photonic chips

• Main Authors: Najafi, Faraz (Contributor), Mower, Jacob (Contributor), Bellei, Francesco (Contributor), Lee, Catherine (Contributor), Hu, Xiaolong (Contributor), Schroder, Tim (Contributor), Kharel, Prashanta (Author), Marsili, Francesco (Author), Assefa, Solomon (Author), Berggren, Karl K. (Contributor), Harris, Nicholas Christopher (Contributor), Dane, Andrew Edward (Contributor), Mouradian, Sara L. (Contributor), Englund, Dirk Robert (Contributor)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Optical Society of America, 2016-05-11T17:40:30Z.
• Subjects: Article
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We present progress on a scalable scheme for integration of single-photon detectors with silicon and aluminum nitride photonic circuits. We assemble arrays of low-jitter waveguide-integrated single-photon detectors and show up to 24% system detection efficiency.