Optical Coupling of Superconducting Single-photon Detectors to Optical Fibres

Student: Myazina Anna

Faculty: HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE)

Educational Programme: Infocommunication Technologies and Systems (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2020

The development of quantum technologies is currently one of the most progressive areas of science and technology. The emergence of the ability to detect low-intensity signals has led to rapid progress in such areas as telecommunications, space, and cryptography. However, the issue of the effectiveness of single photon registration is a hindering factor. Ideally, it is needed to create detectors with a quantum efficiency close to 100%. The purpose of this work is to calculate the optical characteristics of the detector design integrated into the Fabry-Perot resonator, which increases the quantum efficiency. The work consists of 36 pages, including 13 figures and 2 tables.

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