SINGLE-PHOTON OPTICAL HETERODYNING

被引:12
作者
DAVIS, CC
机构
[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
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D O I
10.1109/JQE.1979.1069878
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Optical heterodyning has been observed at the single-photon level by recording the sinusoidal variation in the probability for detection of a photoelectron from a photomultiplier tube illuminated with a FM laser and a local oscillator laser. The single-photon character of the heterodyne process was demonstrated by observation of beat signals at total power levels down to 6 × 10–15W where the spacing between photons emitted from the source laser was ~40 000 times greater than their transit time through the apparatus. Copyright © 1979 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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