Title :
Quantum frequency translation: efficient single-photon counting at 1.55 /spl mu/m
Author :
Wong, Franco N C ; Albota, Marius A. ; Shapiro, Jeffrey H.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
We have achieved continuous-wave operation of efficient single-photon detection at 1.55 mum by sum-frequency mixing with a strong pump at 1064 nm in bulk periodically-poled lithium niobate followed by photon counting in the visible
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical pumping; photodetectors; photon counting; 1.55 mum; 1064 nm; LiNbO3; periodically-poled lithium niobate; quantum frequency translation; single-photon counting; single-photon detection; sum-frequency mixing;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
