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SCALABLE SINGLE PHOTON DETECTOR FOR TERAHERTZ AND INFRARED APPLICATIONS

DONG HO WU

Materials Science and Technologies Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A.

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BERNARD R. MATIS

Materials Science and Technologies Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A.

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KONRAD BUSSMAN

Materials Science and Technologies Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A.

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Abstract

We have developed a detector that can detect single photons at terahertz frequencies. The detector is based on quantum dot and single electron transistor technology, and the structure is scalable. One can scale the detector of nearly the same structure to be used for different frequencies. Our numerical calculation, which was performed along with our experimental efforts, indicates that the same detector structure can be used for millimeter-wave and far-infrared frequencies.

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Single photon detection

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