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Single Photon Detectors Technologies Development Trends for Quantum Information

단일광자 검출기 기술개발 동향

  • Published : 2020.08.01
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Abstract

Single photon detector technologies have emerged as powerful tools in optical quantum information applications such as quantum communication, quantum information, and integrated quantum photonics. Owing to significant attempts in the previous decade at improving photon-counting detectors, several single photon detectors with high efficiency and low noise have been realized within the optical wavelength regime. In this paper, we provide an overview of current studies on single photon detectors operating at wavelengths from the ultraviolet to the infrared. In addition, we discuss applications of single photon detector technologies in quantum communication and integrated quantum photonics.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT)[(No. NRF-2017R1E1A1A01075263) and IITP (No. 1711103293 and 1711117087)].

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