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Applied Physics Letters

Approaching single-photon detection in near-infrared region

Da Li, Yi Jiang, Yujie J. Ding, Ioulia B. Zotova, Narasimha S. Prasad

Published Oct 1, 2012• 9 citations
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Abstract

We have implemented a single-photon detection system in the 1.55-μm region, based on frequency up-conversion in MgO-doped periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguide. We have subsequently reached a record-low dark count rate of 45 counts per second. The detectable signal photon rate, i.e., the rate for counting the up-converted photons corrected by the dark counts, noises, and losses, reaches a record-low value of 81 photons per second. Through free-space coupling, we have eliminated the dark counts induced by parametric fluorescence.

DOI
10.1063/1.4757885

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