基于双光子吸收的宽谱光源关联特性测量方法

Measuring the correlated property of broadband source by two-photon absorption

  • 摘要: 以“鬼成像”为代表的关联成像具有新颖的物理现象和潜在的应用价值,已经吸引了众多学者的研究兴趣,其中光源关联特性的测量显得格外重要。然而,热光光源(太阳光、钨丝灯光)的相干时间太短,以至于无法采用现有探测器直接测量,阻碍了被动关联成像技术的发展。对此,基于虚能级极短寿命的超快时间分辨能力的双光子吸收过程,提出使用光子计数型光电倍增管探测器,采用迈克尔逊干涉仪对谱宽为150 nm的超连续激光的关联特性进行测量,测得的相干时间为60 fs、峰背比为2.6∶1,与理论预测一致,此外,与自发辐射光源(峰背比4∶1)和脉冲光(峰背比8∶1)的二阶关联函数相比,超连续激光的关联函数的峰背比展示出了不同的结果(峰背比2.6∶1),基于双光子吸收过程测量光源关联特性的方法给识别不同种类的光源提供了一种新的途径。该方法的实验装置更加简单紧凑,为直接使用太阳光进行“鬼成像”提供了一种新思路。

     

    Abstract: Correlated imaging, for example, ghost imaging, has attracted lots of interests due to its original phenomena and promising application. Correlated imaging possesses correlating sources, therefore measuring correlated property from the source is important. However, there is such short coherence for sunlight that conditional detector's response is too slow to measure correlation, which prevents the progress of passive correlated imaging. Here, based on two-photon absorption which has ultrafast time-resolved ability due to short lifetime of virtual level, we use a photomultiplier tube to measure the correlation of supercontinuum source whose spectrum band is 150 nm with a Michelson interferometer. The result shows that coherent time of supercontinuum source is 60 fs which is consistent with theoretical prediction. Besides, compared with the amplified spontaneous emission (the ratio of peak to background: 4∶1) and the femtosecond pulse (the ratio of peak to background: 8∶1), the ratio of peak to background of supercontinuum source is 2.6∶1, which gives the new method to recognize the different light sources. Our technique not only is compact, but also paves the way to promote ghost imaging with real sun light.

     

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