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Broadband Sensing with Undetected Photons with Strong Parametric Amplification

Kazuki Hashimoto, Maria V. Chekhova

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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We develop an SU(1,1) interferometer with an aperiodically-poled LiNbO3 crystal in the high-parametric-gain regime to demonstrate Fourier-transform spectroscopy and optical coherence tomography with undetected photons.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_si.2023.sw4g.6

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