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Infrared Degenerate Four-wave Mixing with Upconversion Detection for Quantitative Gas Sensing
Published on: March 22, 2019
Laboratory demonstration of spatial-coherence analysis of a blackbody through an up-conversion interferometer
J-T Gomes1, L Delage1, R Baudoin1
1Xlim, Département Photonique, Université de Limoges, UMR CNRS 7252, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges CEDEX, France.
Abstract:
In the field of high resolution imaging in astronomy, we experimentally demonstrate the spatial-coherence analysis of a blackbody using an up-conversion interferometer in the photon counting regime. The infrared radiation of the blackbody is converted to a visible one in both arms of the interferometer thanks to the sum-frequency generation processes achieved in Ti-diffused periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides. The coherence analysis is performed through a dedicated imaging stage which mimics a classical telescope array analyzing an astrophysical source. The validity of these measurements is confirmed by the comparison with spatial-coherence analysis through a reference interferometer working at infrared wavelengths.
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