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High-Efficiency Broadband Near-Infrared Single-Photon Frequency Upconversion and Detection |
| Jian-Hui Ma1, Hui-Qin Hu1, Yu Chen1, Guang-Jian Xu1, Hai-Feng Pan1, E Wu1,2** |
1State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062
2Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006
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Jian-Hui Ma, Hui-Qin Hu, Yu Chen et al 2020 Chin. Phys. Lett. 37 034202 |
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Abstract We propose and demonstrate a high efficiency broadband near infrared single-photon upconversion and detection with a broadband pump laser based on sum frequency conversion in the PPLN crystal. By using a pump laser centered at 1040 nm with a spectral bandwidth of 10 nm, the signal single-photons centered at 1562 nm with a broadband bandwidth up to 7.2 nm are frequency-converted from the near infrared to the visible regime. A maximum conversion efficiency of 18.8% is achieved, while the background noise is measured to be only $1.2\times 10^{-3}$ counts/pulse. The corresponding spectral linewidth of the upconverted photons is 0.2 nm. This scheme of broadband infrared single-photon upconversion and detection provides potential solutions in infrared laser ranging, broadband infrared imaging and quantum key distribution.
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Received: 13 December 2019
Published: 22 February 2020
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42.65.-k
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(Nonlinear optics)
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42.65.Ky
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(Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation)
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42.62.Fi
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(Laser spectroscopy)
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| Fund: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 11722431, 11674099 and 11621404, and the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities under Grant No. B12024. |
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