Integrated transition edge sensors on titanium in-diffused lithium niobate waveguides

Jan Philipp Höpker; Thomas Gerrits; Adriana Lita; Stephan Krapick; Harald Herrmann; Raimund Ricken; Viktor Quiring; Richard Mirin; Sae Woo Nam; Christine Silberhorn; Tim J. Bartley

doi:10.1063/1.5086276

APL Photonics (May 2019)

Integrated transition edge sensors on titanium in-diffused lithium niobate waveguides

Jan Philipp Höpker,
Thomas Gerrits,
Adriana Lita,
Stephan Krapick,
Harald Herrmann,
Raimund Ricken,
Viktor Quiring,
Richard Mirin,
Sae Woo Nam,
Christine Silberhorn,
Tim J. Bartley

Affiliations

Jan Philipp Höpker: Department of Physics, Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
Thomas Gerrits: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Adriana Lita: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Stephan Krapick: Department of Physics, Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
Harald Herrmann: Department of Physics, Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
Raimund Ricken: Department of Physics, Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
Viktor Quiring: Department of Physics, Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
Richard Mirin: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Sae Woo Nam: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Christine Silberhorn: Department of Physics, Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
Tim J. Bartley: Department of Physics, Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086276
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 5
pp. 056103 – 056103-6

Abstract

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We show the proof-of-principle detection of light at 1550 nm coupled evanescently from a titanium in-diffused lithium niobate waveguide to a superconducting transition edge sensor. The coupling efficiency strongly depends on the polarization, the overlap between the evanescent field, and the detector structure. We experimentally demonstrate polarization sensitivity of this coupling as well as photon-number resolution of the integrated detector. The combination of transition edge sensors and lithium niobate waveguides can open the field for a variety of new quantum optics experiments.

Published in APL Photonics

ISSN: 2378-0967 (Online)
Publisher: AIP Publishing LLC
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics
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