Demonstration of a frequency spectral compression effect through an up-conversion interferometer

doi:10.1364/OE.21.003073

Demonstration of a frequency spectral compression effect through an up-conversion interferometer

Jean-Thomas Gomes, Ludovic Grossard, Damien Ceus, Sébastien Vergnole, Laurent Delage, François Reynaud, Harald Herrmann, and Wolfgang Sohler »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 3, pp. 3073-3082 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.003073

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This paper reports on the experimental implementation of an interferometer featuring sum frequency generation (SFG) processes powered by a pump spectral doublet. The aim of this configuration is to allow the use of the SFG process over an enlarged spectral domain. By analyzing the converted signal, we experimentally demonstrate a frequency spectral compression effect from the infrared input signal to the visible one converted through the SFG process. Recently, such a compression effect has been numerically demonstrated by Wabnitz et al. We also verify experimentally that we fully retrieve the temporal coherence properties of the infrared input signal in the visible field. The experimental setup permits to demonstrate an experimental frequency spectral compression factor greater than 4. This study takes place in the general field of coherence analysis through second order non-linear processes.

OCIS Codes
(060.2310) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(160.3730) Materials : Lithium niobate
(190.7220) Nonlinear optics : Upconversion
(190.4223) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear wave mixing
(110.2650) Imaging systems : Fringe analysis

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Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: December 19, 2012
Revised Manuscript: January 17, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: January 17, 2013
Published: January 31, 2013

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Jean-Thomas Gomes, Ludovic Grossard, Damien Ceus, Sébastien Vergnole, Laurent Delage, François Reynaud, Harald Herrmann, and Wolfgang Sohler, "Demonstration of a frequency spectral compression effect through an up-conversion interferometer," Opt. Express 21, 3073-3082 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-3-3073

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M. A. Albota and F. N. C. Wong, “Efficient single-photon counting at 1.55 mm by means of frequency upconversion,” Opt. Lett.29, 1449–1451 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. P. VanDevender and P. G. Kwiat, “High efficiency single photon detection via frequency upconversion,” J. Mod. Opt.51, 1433–1452 (2004).
L. Ma, J. C. Bienfang, O. Slattery, and X. Tang, “Up-conversion single-photon detector using multi-wavelength sampling techniques,” Opt. Express19, 5470–5479 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K.-D. Bchter, H. Herrmann, C. Langrock, M.M. Fejer, and W. Sohler, “All-optical Ti:PPLN wavelength conversion modules for free-space optical transmission links in the mid-infrared,” Opt. Express34, 470–472 (2009).
S. Brustlein, L. Del Rio, A. Tonello, L. Delage, F. Reynaud, H. Herrmann, and W. Sohler, “Laboratory demonstration of an infrared-to-visible up-conversion interferometer for spatial coherence analysis,” Phys. Rev. Lett.100, 153903 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. Ceus, A. Tonello, L. Grossard, L. Delage, F. Reynaud, H. Herrmann, and W. Sohler, “Phase closure retrieval in an infrared-to-visible upconversion interferometer for high resolution astronomical imaging,” Opt. Express19, 8616–8624 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
R. T. Thew, H. Zbinden, and N. Gisin, “Tunable upconversion photon detector,” Appl. Phys. Lett.93, 071104 (2008). [CrossRef]
Q. Zhang, C. Langrock, M. M. Fejer, and Y. Yamamoto, “Waveguide-based single-pixel up-conversion infrared spectrometer,” Opt. Express16, 19557–19561 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. Wabnitz, A. Picozzi, A. Tonello, D. Modotto, and G. Millot, “Control of signal coherence in parametric frequency mixing with incoherent pumps: narrowband mid-infrared light generation by downconversion of broadband amplified spontaneous emission source at 1550 nm,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B29, 3128–3135, (2012). [CrossRef]
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L. M. Simohamed, L. Delage, and F. Reynaud, “An optical delay line with a 318 mm stroke,” Pure Appl. Opt.5, 1005–1009 (1996). [CrossRef]
L. Delage, F. Reynaud, and A. Lannes, “A laboratory imaging stellar interferometer with fiber links,” Appl. Opt.39, 6406–6420 (2000). [CrossRef]
G. Huss, L. M. Simohamed, and F. Reynaud, “An all guided two-beam stellar interferometer: preliminary experiment,” Opt. Commun.182, 71–82 (2000). [CrossRef]
G. Huss, F. Reynaud, and L. Delage, “An all guided three-arm interferometer for stellar interferometry,” Opt. Commun.196, 55–62 (2001). [CrossRef]
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[1] M. A. Albota and F. N. C. Wong, “Efficient single-photon counting at 1.55 mm by means of frequency upconversion,” Opt. Lett.29, 1449–1451 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] A. P. VanDevender and P. G. Kwiat, “High efficiency single photon detection via frequency upconversion,” J. Mod. Opt.51, 1433–1452 (2004).

[3] L. Ma, J. C. Bienfang, O. Slattery, and X. Tang, “Up-conversion single-photon detector using multi-wavelength sampling techniques,” Opt. Express19, 5470–5479 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] K.-D. Bchter, H. Herrmann, C. Langrock, M.M. Fejer, and W. Sohler, “All-optical Ti:PPLN wavelength conversion modules for free-space optical transmission links in the mid-infrared,” Opt. Express34, 470–472 (2009).

[5] S. Brustlein, L. Del Rio, A. Tonello, L. Delage, F. Reynaud, H. Herrmann, and W. Sohler, “Laboratory demonstration of an infrared-to-visible up-conversion interferometer for spatial coherence analysis,” Phys. Rev. Lett.100, 153903 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] D. Ceus, A. Tonello, L. Grossard, L. Delage, F. Reynaud, H. Herrmann, and W. Sohler, “Phase closure retrieval in an infrared-to-visible upconversion interferometer for high resolution astronomical imaging,” Opt. Express19, 8616–8624 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] R. T. Thew, H. Zbinden, and N. Gisin, “Tunable upconversion photon detector,” Appl. Phys. Lett.93, 071104 (2008). [CrossRef]

[8] Q. Zhang, C. Langrock, M. M. Fejer, and Y. Yamamoto, “Waveguide-based single-pixel up-conversion infrared spectrometer,” Opt. Express16, 19557–19561 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] S. Wabnitz, A. Picozzi, A. Tonello, D. Modotto, and G. Millot, “Control of signal coherence in parametric frequency mixing with incoherent pumps: narrowband mid-infrared light generation by downconversion of broadband amplified spontaneous emission source at 1550 nm,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B29, 3128–3135, (2012). [CrossRef]

[10] R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics (Academic Press, New York, 2008), pp. 69–96. [CrossRef]

[11] L. Del Rio, M. Ribiere, L. Delage, and F. Reynaud, “First demonstration of a temporal coherence analysis through a parametric interferometer,” Opt. Commun.281, 2722–2726 (2008). [CrossRef]

[12] L. M. Simohamed, L. Delage, and F. Reynaud, “An optical delay line with a 318 mm stroke,” Pure Appl. Opt.5, 1005–1009 (1996). [CrossRef]

[13] L. Delage, F. Reynaud, and A. Lannes, “A laboratory imaging stellar interferometer with fiber links,” Appl. Opt.39, 6406–6420 (2000). [CrossRef]

[14] G. Huss, L. M. Simohamed, and F. Reynaud, “An all guided two-beam stellar interferometer: preliminary experiment,” Opt. Commun.182, 71–82 (2000). [CrossRef]

[15] G. Huss, F. Reynaud, and L. Delage, “An all guided three-arm interferometer for stellar interferometry,” Opt. Commun.196, 55–62 (2001). [CrossRef]

[16] M. Born and E. Wolf, Principle of Optics (Pergamon Press, London, 1964), pp. 503–504.

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