Figure 1 | Hybrid integrated comb nanowire detectors on an optical waveguide (IMAGE)

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Figure 1 | Hybrid integrated comb nanowire detectors on an optical waveguide

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Figure 1 | Hybrid integrated comb nanowire detectors on an optical waveguide. a, The hairpin nanowire structure. Corners are positioned in front of the guided light. A photon can be absorbed by the corner but fail to generate a detection pulse, acting as a detection efficiency loss. b, The comb nanowire structure. Corners are positioned outside the waveguide, completely eliminating corner loss. c, Optical microscope image of two comb nanowire detectors integrated onto one silicon waveguide. d, Scanning electron microscope image of the superconducting nanowire.

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Li, ZG., Mao, J., Zhou, YJ. et al.

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