Title :
Multi-wavelength pumping technique for up-conversion single-photon detectors
Author :
Ma, Lijun ; Bienfang, Joshua C. ; Slattery, Oliver ; Tang, Xiao
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Abstract :
We propose a multi-wavelength pumping technique to improve temporal resolution of up-conversion single-photon detectors. By using two-wavelength pumping we doubled the date rate of a quantum system beyond its original limitation.
Keywords :
optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; photodetectors; date rate; multiwavelength pumping; quantum system; temporal resolution; two-wavelength pumping; upconversion single-photon detectors; Detectors; Jitter; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Photonics; Signal resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
