Single-photon detection for long-range imaging and sensing

RH Hadfield, J Leach, F Fleming, DJ Paul, CH Tan… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Single-photon detectors with picosecond timing resolution have advanced rapidly in the past
decade. This has spurred progress in time-correlated single-photon counting applications …

Integrated photonics on thin-film lithium niobate

D Zhu, L Shao, M Yu, R Cheng, B Desiatov… - Advances in Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Lithium niobate (LN), an outstanding and versatile material, has influenced our daily life for
decades—from enabling high-speed optical communications that form the backbone of the …

[HTML][HTML] Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors: A perspective on evolution, state-of-the-art, future developments, and applications

I Esmaeil Zadeh, J Chang, JWN Los, S Gyger… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Two decades after their demonstration, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
(SNSPDs) have become indispensable tools for quantum photonics as well as for many …

[HTML][HTML] Photonic quantum information processing: A concise review

S Slussarenko, GJ Pryde - Applied Physics Reviews, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Photons have been a flagship system for studying quantum mechanics, advancing quantum
information science, and developing quantum technologies. Quantum entanglement …

Broadband solenoidal haloscope for terahertz axion detection

J Liu, K Dona, G Hoshino, S Knirck, N Kurinsky… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We introduce the Broadband Reflector Experiment for Axion Detection (BREAD) conceptual
design and science program. This haloscope plans to search for bosonic dark matter across …

Demonstration of sub-3 ps temporal resolution with a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

B Korzh, QY Zhao, JP Allmaras, S Frasca, TM Autry… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Improvements in temporal resolution of single-photon detectors enable increased data rates
and transmission distances for both classical and quantum optical communication systems …

Twin-field quantum key distribution over 830-km fibre

S Wang, ZQ Yin, DY He, W Chen, RQ Wang, P Ye… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Quantum key distribution (QKD) provides a promising solution for sharing information-
theoretic secure keys between remote peers with physics-based protocols. According to the …

[HTML][HTML] Detecting telecom single photons with 99.5− 2.07+ 0.5% system detection efficiency and high time resolution

J Chang, JWN Los, JO Tenorio-Pearl, N Noordzij… - APL Photonics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Single photon detectors are indispensable tools in optics, from fundamental measurements
to quantum information processing. The ability of superconducting nanowire single photon …

Practical challenges in quantum key distribution

E Diamanti, HK Lo, B Qi, Z Yuan - npj Quantum Information, 2016 - nature.com
Quantum key distribution (QKD) promises unconditional security in data communication and
is currently being deployed in commercial applications. Nonetheless, before QKD can be …

First germanium-based constraints on sub-MeV Dark Matter with the EDELWEISS experiment

Q Arnaud, E Armengaud, C Augier, A Benoît, L Bergé… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We present the first Ge-based constraints on sub-MeV/c 2 dark matter (DM) particles
interacting with electrons using a 33.4 g Ge cryogenic detector with a 0.53 electron-hole pair …