High-order temporal coherences of chaotic and laser light
We demonstrate a new approach to measuring high-order temporal coherences that uses a four-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector. The four independent, interleaved single-photon-sensitive elements parse a single spatial mode of an optical beam over dimensions smaller than the minim...
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| author | Stevens, Martin J. Baek, Burm Dauler, Eric A. Kerman, Andrew J. Molnar, Richard J. Hamilton, Scott A. Berggren, Karl K. Mirin, Richard P. Nam, Sae Woo |
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| description | We demonstrate a new approach to measuring high-order temporal coherences that uses a four-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector. The four independent, interleaved single-photon-sensitive elements parse a single spatial mode of an optical beam over dimensions smaller than the minimum diffraction-limited spot size. Integrating this device with four-channel time-tagging electronics to generate multi-start, multi-stop histograms enables measurement of temporal coherences up to fourth order for a continuous range of all associated time delays. We observe high-order photon bunching from a chaotic, pseudo-thermal light source, measuring maximum third- and fourth-order coherence values of 5.87 ± 0.17 and 23.1 ± 1.8, respectively, in agreement with the theoretically predicted values of 3! = 6 and 4! = 24. Laser light, by contrast, is confirmed to have coherence values of approximately 1 for second, third and fourth orders at all time delays. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/603492022-10-03T08:07:55Z High-order temporal coherences of chaotic and laser light Stevens, Martin J. Baek, Burm Dauler, Eric A. Kerman, Andrew J. Molnar, Richard J. Hamilton, Scott A. Berggren, Karl K. Mirin, Richard P. Nam, Sae Woo Lincoln Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Berggren, Karl K. Berggren, Karl K. Dauler, Eric A. Kerman, Andrew J. Molnar, Richard J. Hamilton, Scott A. We demonstrate a new approach to measuring high-order temporal coherences that uses a four-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector. The four independent, interleaved single-photon-sensitive elements parse a single spatial mode of an optical beam over dimensions smaller than the minimum diffraction-limited spot size. Integrating this device with four-channel time-tagging electronics to generate multi-start, multi-stop histograms enables measurement of temporal coherences up to fourth order for a continuous range of all associated time delays. We observe high-order photon bunching from a chaotic, pseudo-thermal light source, measuring maximum third- and fourth-order coherence values of 5.87 ± 0.17 and 23.1 ± 1.8, respectively, in agreement with the theoretically predicted values of 3! = 6 and 4! = 24. Laser light, by contrast, is confirmed to have coherence values of approximately 1 for second, third and fourth orders at all time delays. United States. Air Force (Air Force contract #FA8721-05-C-0002) 2010-12-21T21:28:14Z 2010-12-21T21:28:14Z 2010-01 2009-12 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1094-4087 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60349 Martin J. Stevens, Burm Baek, Eric A. Dauler, Andrew J. Kerman, Richard J. Molnar, Scott A. Hamilton, Karl K. Berggren, Richard P. Mirin, and Sae Woo Nam, "High-order temporal coherences of
chaotic and laser light," Opt. Express 18, 1430-1437 (2010) © 2010 OSA. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7453-9031 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.001430 Optics Express Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Optical Society of America MIT web domain |
| spellingShingle | Stevens, Martin J. Baek, Burm Dauler, Eric A. Kerman, Andrew J. Molnar, Richard J. Hamilton, Scott A. Berggren, Karl K. Mirin, Richard P. Nam, Sae Woo High-order temporal coherences of chaotic and laser light |
| title | High-order temporal coherences of chaotic and laser light |
| title_full | High-order temporal coherences of chaotic and laser light |
| title_fullStr | High-order temporal coherences of chaotic and laser light |
| title_full_unstemmed | High-order temporal coherences of chaotic and laser light |
| title_short | High-order temporal coherences of chaotic and laser light |
| title_sort | high order temporal coherences of chaotic and laser light |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60349 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7453-9031 |
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