Nano-optical single-photon response mapping of waveguide integrated molybdenum silicide (MoSi) superconducting nanowires

Opt Express. 2016 Jun 27;24(13):13931-8. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.013931.

Abstract

We present low temperature nano-optical characterization of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide integrated SNSPD. The SNSPD is fabricated from an amorphous Mo83Si17 thin film chosen to give excellent substrate conformity. At 350 mK, the SNSPD exhibits a uniform photoresponse under perpendicular illumination, corresponding to a maximum system detection efficiency of approximately 5% at 1550 nm wavelength. Under these conditions 10 Hz dark count rate and 51 ps full width at half maximum (FWHM) timing jitter is observed.