Title :
Efficient mid-infrared imaging at few-photon level by frequency up-conversion
Author :
Qian Zhou ; Kun Huang ; Haifeng Pan ; Wu, E. ; Heping Zeng
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Precision Spectrosc., East China Normal Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
We demonstrated few-photon-level mid-infrared imaging at 3.39 μm by frequency up-conversion with conversion efficiency of 78.5%. The mid-infrared image was spectrally up-converted into the near-infrared regime captured by a silicon electron multiplying charged coupled device.
Keywords :
image capture; infrared imaging; optical frequency conversion; optical images; quantum optics; few-photon level; frequency up-conversion; midinfrared image capturing; silicon electron multiplying charged coupled device; wavelength 3.39 mum;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
