We developed a superconducting nanowire single-photon detection(SNSPD) system based on Gifford-McMahon cryocooler for quantum communication applications.Environmental factors which may influence the system performance...We developed a superconducting nanowire single-photon detection(SNSPD) system based on Gifford-McMahon cryocooler for quantum communication applications.Environmental factors which may influence the system performance are intensively studied.Those factors include temperature fluctuations,the ambient magnetic field and the background radiation.By optimizing the bias circuit,the stability of SNSPD system to electrical noise and disturbance was effectively enhanced,thus making it more suitable for field application.A 4-channel SNSPD system with quantum efficiency higher than 4% at the dark count rate of 10 Hz for λ=1550 nm is integrated and applied into a quantum key distribution(QKD) experiment.QKD was successfully carried out over 100 km optical fiber with the final secure key rate of 1.6 kbps and the quantum bit error rate of less than 2%.展开更多
We have investigated the optical properties of single CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals by conducting combinations of experiments on antibunching and photoluminescence intermittence under different experimental conditions.Based o...We have investigated the optical properties of single CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals by conducting combinations of experiments on antibunching and photoluminescence intermittence under different experimental conditions.Based on photoluminescence in an antibunching experiment,we analyzed the emission lifetime of QDs by using stretched exponentials.The difference between the parameters obtained from average lifetimes and stretched exponents were analyzed by considering the effect of nonradiative emission.An Auger-assisted tunneling model was used to explain the power law exponents of off time distribution.The power law exponent under high excitation power was correlated with a higher Auger ionization rate.Using the parameters obtained from stretched exponential function and power law,the antibunching phenomena at different time and under different excitation intensity were analyzed.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91121022)Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB04010200 and XDB04020100)+1 种基金National Basic Research Program of China (2011CBA00202)National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (2011AA010802)
文摘We developed a superconducting nanowire single-photon detection(SNSPD) system based on Gifford-McMahon cryocooler for quantum communication applications.Environmental factors which may influence the system performance are intensively studied.Those factors include temperature fluctuations,the ambient magnetic field and the background radiation.By optimizing the bias circuit,the stability of SNSPD system to electrical noise and disturbance was effectively enhanced,thus making it more suitable for field application.A 4-channel SNSPD system with quantum efficiency higher than 4% at the dark count rate of 10 Hz for λ=1550 nm is integrated and applied into a quantum key distribution(QKD) experiment.QKD was successfully carried out over 100 km optical fiber with the final secure key rate of 1.6 kbps and the quantum bit error rate of less than 2%.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 60877030)National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No 2009AA03Z406)Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (Grant No 20510112)
文摘We have investigated the optical properties of single CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals by conducting combinations of experiments on antibunching and photoluminescence intermittence under different experimental conditions.Based on photoluminescence in an antibunching experiment,we analyzed the emission lifetime of QDs by using stretched exponentials.The difference between the parameters obtained from average lifetimes and stretched exponents were analyzed by considering the effect of nonradiative emission.An Auger-assisted tunneling model was used to explain the power law exponents of off time distribution.The power law exponent under high excitation power was correlated with a higher Auger ionization rate.Using the parameters obtained from stretched exponential function and power law,the antibunching phenomena at different time and under different excitation intensity were analyzed.
