Abstract

We demonstrate an approach to measure temporal correlations of photons in the near infrared range using frequency up-conversion. In this approach, the near infrared signal photons are converted into the visible range, in which highly efficient silicon avalanche photodiodes are used to perform the temporal correlation measurements. A coherent light source and a pseudo-thermal light source were used in the experiment. The results are in agreement with theoretical values and those obtained from measurements directly made using superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. We conclude that the temporal correlation (up to 4th order) of photons was preserved in the frequency up-conversion process. We further theoretically and experimentally studied the influence of the dark counts on the measurement. The setup uses commercially available components and achieves high total detection efficiency (~26%).

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2011
Volume
19
Number of Pages
10501
ISSN Number
1094-4087
DOI
10.1364/OE.19.010501
URL
https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-11-10501
Journal
Optics Express
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