Title :
Measuring photon bunching at ultrashort timescale by two-photon absorption in semiconductors
Author :
Boitier, F. ; Godard, A. ; Bonnet, J. ; Rosencher, E. ; Fabre, C.
Author_Institution :
French Aerosp. Lab., DMPH Onera, Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
Photon bunching in highly chaotic sources (true blackbody and amplified spontaneous emission) is detected for the first time with femtosecond temporal resolution by use of a Hanbury-Brown-Twiss experiment relying on two-photon absorption in semiconductors.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light absorption; superradiance; two-photon processes; Hanbury-Brown-Twiss experiment relying; amplified spontaneous emission; chaotic sources; femtosecond temporal resolution; photon bunching; semiconductors; true blackbody; two-photon absorption; Absorption; Detectors; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Photonics Society; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; Time measurement; Ultrafast optics; (120.3180) Interferometry; (270.4180) Multiphoton processes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
