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Spectrally multiplexed single-photon detection with hybrid superconducting nanophotonic circuits

Oliver Kahl, Simone Ferrari, Vadim V. Kovalyuk, Andreas Vetter, Georgia Lewes‐Malandrakis, Christoph Erwin Nebel, Alexander A. Korneev, Gregory N Gol'tsman, Wolfram H. P. Pernice

Published May 19, 2017• 47 citations
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Abstract

S.557-562
DOI
10.1364/optica.4.000557

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