Friday, May 31, 2013

1305.7000 (Carsten Schuck et al.)

Optical time domain reflectometry with low noise waveguide-coupled
superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
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Carsten Schuck, Wolfram H. P. Pernice, Xiaosong Ma, Hong X. Tang
We demonstrate optical time domain reflectometry over 200 km of optical fiber using low-noise NbTiN superconducting single-photon detectors integrated with Si3N4 waveguides. Our small detector footprint enables high timing resolution of 50ps and a dark count rate of 3 Hz with unshielded fibers, allowing for identification of defects along the fiber over a dynamic range of 37.4 dB. Photons scattered and reflected back from the fiber under test can be detected in free-running mode without showing dead zones or other impairments often encountered in semiconductor photon-counting optical time domain reflectometers.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.7000

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