• DocumentCode
    2258948
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951406