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Single Photon Level Spectrum Measurement at Fiber Communication Band Using Frequency Up-conversion Technology

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Author(s)

Lijun Ma, Oliver T. Slattery, Xiao Tang

Abstract

We have developed a polarization independent (PI) spectrometer based on frequency up-conversion technology for single photon level spectrum measurement at the fiber communication band. To overcome the polarization dependence of the frequency up-conversion process, we use two periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguides with a polarizing beam splitter. We experimentally study the sensitivity and resolution of the PI up-conversion spectrometer. We demonstrate the spectrometer by way of a spectrum measurement of a single photon level signal in the communication band.
Citation
Laser Physics
Volume
20
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

frequency up-conversion, single photon detector, IR spectrometer
Quantum information science

Citation

Ma, L. , Slattery, O. and Tang, X. (2010), Single Photon Level Spectrum Measurement at Fiber Communication Band Using Frequency Up-conversion Technology, Laser Physics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=905086 (Accessed April 26, 2024)

Created May 27, 2010, Updated February 19, 2017