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Tailored Frequency Conversion Makes Infrared Light Visible for Streak Cameras

Carolin Lüders1,*, Jano Gil-Lopez2,†, Markus Allgaier2,3,‡, Benjamin Brecht2,§, Marc Aßmann1,¶, Christine Silberhorn2,∥, and Manfred Bayer1,**

  • 1Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund Dortmund D-44221, Germany
  • 2Integrated Quantum Optics, Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS), Universität Paderborn, Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn 33098, Germany
  • 3Department of Physics and Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA

  • *carolin.lueders@tu-dortmund.de
  • †jangil@campus.uni-paderborn.de
  • ‡markusa@uoregon.edu
  • §benjamin.brecht@uni-paderborn.de
  • marc.assmann@tu-dortmund.de
  • ∥christine.silberhorn@uni-paderborn.de
  • **manfred.bayer@tu-dortmund.de
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Phys. Rev. Applied 19, 014072 – Published 31 January, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.014072

Abstract

Streak cameras are one of the most common and convenient devices to measure pulsed emission, e.g., from semiconductor lightsources with picosecond time resolution. However, they are most sensitive in the visible range and possess low or negligible efficiency in the infrared and telecom regime. In this work, we present a frequency conversion based on sum-frequency generation that converts infrared to visible signals while preserving their temporal properties, making them detectable with a streak camera. We demonstrate and verify the functionality of our device by converting the emission from a quantum dot laser.

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Phys. Rev. Applied 19, 014072– Published 31 January, 2023
  • Received 10 June 2022
  • Revised 21 October 2022
  • Accepted 23 December 2022
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