Time-resolved characterization of single photons by upconversion

Author

Kuzucu, Onur ; Wong, Franco N C ; Kurimura, Sunao ; Tovstonog, Sergey

Author_Institution

Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate a new technique of efficient, time-resolved, infrared single-photon detection using non collinearly phase-matched frequency upconversion by an ultrafast pump, allowing nearly background-free sub-picosecond characterization of 1582-nm time anti-correlated entangled photons.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical frequency conversion; optical phase matching; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; Ti:sapphire laser; background-free sub-picosecond characterization; frequency upconversion; infrared single-photon detection; noncollinear phase-matching; parametric generation; quantum information processing; time anticorrelated entangled photons; time-resolved characterization; ultrafast pump; wavelength 1582 nm; Band pass filters; Couplings; Frequency conversion; Infrared detectors; Laser excitation; Materials science and technology; Optical fiber polarization; Optical frequency conversion; Photonic crystals; Photonics Society; (190.4410) Nonlinear optics, parametric processes; (190.7220) Upconversion; (270.5290) Photon Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572812