Title :
Extremely Nondegenerate 2-Photon Processes for Detection and Gain
Author :
Hagan, David J. ; Reichert, Matthew ; Pattanaik, Himansu S. ; Van Stryland, Eric W. ; Fishman, Dmitry A.
Author_Institution :
CREOL, The Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We observe large enhancement of nondegenerate two-photon absorption compared to the degenerate case. We use this to sensitively detect and image mid-IR light with simple uncooled photodiodes. The enhancement also applies to 2-photon emission and gain.
Keywords :
infrared detectors; infrared imaging; infrared spectra; light absorption; photodetectors; photodiodes; quantum optics; two-photon processes; midinfrared light imaging; nondegenerate two-photon absorption enhancement; optical detection; optical gain; uncooled photodiodes; Absorption; Educational institutions; Materials; Optics; Photodiodes; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Nonlinear optics; infrared detectors; semiconductors; two-photon absoprtion;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2766-1
DOI :
10.1109/SUM.2014.33
