Ultralow noise up-conversion detector and spectrometer for the telecom band

作者:Shentu Guo Liang*; Pelc Jason S; Wang Xiao Dong; Sun Qi Chao; Zheng Ming Yang; Fejer M M; Zhang Qiang; Pan Jian Wei
来源:Optics Express, 2013, 21(12): 13986-13991.
DOI:10.1364/OE.21.013986

摘要

We demonstrate up-conversion single-photon detection for the 1550-nm telecommunications band using a PPLN waveguide, long-wavelength pump, and narrowband filtering using a volume Bragg grating. We achieve total-system detection efficiency of around 30% with noise at the dark-count level of a Silicon APD. Based on the new detector, a single-pixel up-conversion infrared spectrometer with a noise equivalent power of -142 dBm Hz(-1/2) was demonstrated, which was as good as a liquid nitrogen cooled CCD camera.