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Dual-channel, single-photon upconversion detector at 1.3 μm

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Author(s)

Jason S. Pelc, Paulina Kuo, Oliver T. Slattery, Lijun Ma, Xiao Tang, Martin M. Fejer

Abstract

We demonstrate efficient, single-photon upconversion detection of two wavelengths in the 1300-nm band. The upconversion detector is based on a phase-modulated, periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguide that simultaneously quasi-phasematches two sum-frequency-generation processes. The two channels exhibited 31% and 25% photon detection efficiency, as well as very low dark count rates (650 s-1 and 550 s-1, respectively). We investigate applications of the multi-channel upconversion detector as a beamsplitter and demultiplexer to increase the count rates before detector saturation, and to improve temporal resolution using multiplexing.
Citation
Optics Express
Volume
20
Issue
17
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.019075
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Keywords

Quantum detectors, nonlinear optics, parametric processes, beam splitters
Quantum information science

Citation

Pelc, J. , Kuo, P. , Slattery, O. , Ma, L. , Tang, X. and Fejer, M. (2012), Dual-channel, single-photon upconversion detector at 1.3 μm, Optics Express, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.019075, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=911440 (Accessed September 25, 2023)

Created August 2, 2012, Updated October 12, 2021