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Low-noise mid-IR upconversion detector for improved IR-degenerate four-wave mixing gas sensing

Hogstedt, Lasse ; Dam, Jeppe Seidelin ; Sahlberg, Anna-Lena LU ; Li, Zhongshan LU ; Aldén, Marcus LU ; Pedersen, Christian and Tidemand-Lichtenberg, Peter (2014) In Optics Letters 39(18). p.5321-5324
Abstract
We compare a nonlinear upconversion detector with a conventional cryogenic InSb detector for the detection of coherent infrared light showing near-shot-noise-limited performance in the upconversion system. The InSb detector is limited by dark noise, which results in a 500 times lower signal-to-noise ratio. The two detectors are compared for the detection of a coherent degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) signal in the mid-infrared, and applied to measure trace-level acetylene in a gas flow at atmospheric pressure, probing its fundamental rovibrational transitions. In addition to lower noise, the upconversion system provides image information of the signal, thus adding new functionality compared to standard point detection methods. We further... (More)
We compare a nonlinear upconversion detector with a conventional cryogenic InSb detector for the detection of coherent infrared light showing near-shot-noise-limited performance in the upconversion system. The InSb detector is limited by dark noise, which results in a 500 times lower signal-to-noise ratio. The two detectors are compared for the detection of a coherent degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) signal in the mid-infrared, and applied to measure trace-level acetylene in a gas flow at atmospheric pressure, probing its fundamental rovibrational transitions. In addition to lower noise, the upconversion system provides image information of the signal, thus adding new functionality compared to standard point detection methods. We further show that the upconversion detector system can be implemented as a simple replacement of the cryogenic detector. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America (Less)
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  author       = {{Hogstedt, Lasse and Dam, Jeppe Seidelin and Sahlberg, Anna-Lena and Li, Zhongshan and Aldén, Marcus and Pedersen, Christian and Tidemand-Lichtenberg, Peter}},
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  publisher    = {{Optical Society of America}},
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  title        = {{Low-noise mid-IR upconversion detector for improved IR-degenerate four-wave mixing gas sensing}},
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