Frequency Up-Conversion Detection System for Space Based Lidar

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作者
Jiang, Yi [1 ]
Ding, Yujie J. [1 ]
Zotova, Ioulia B. [2 ]
Prasad, Narasimha S. [3 ]
机构
[1] Lehigh Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA
[2] ArkLight, Center Valley, PA 18034 USA
[3] NASA Langley Res Ctr, Laser Remote Sensing Branch, Hampton, VA 23681 USA
来源
SENSORS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS V | 2012年 / 8385卷
关键词
Frequency upconversion; single photon counting; single photon detection; near-infrared; mid-infrared; ASCENDS mission; MU-M; HARMONIC-GENERATION; GASE; RADIATION; ZNGEP2;
D O I
10.1117/12.918531
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
We review some of our recent results on frequency upconversion. Frequency upconversion of laser pulses at 10.26 mu m to those at 1.187 mu m was measured in the presence of Nd:YAG laser pulses based on difference-frequency generation in a 10-mm-long GaSe crystal. The highest power conversion efficiency for the parametric conversion was determined to be 20.9%, corresponding to the photon conversion efficiency of 2.42%. This value is two orders of magnitude higher than the highest value reported on GaSe in the literature. The saturation of the output power at 1.187 mu m as the input power at 10.26 mu m was increased, due to the back conversion, i.e. 1.187 mu m + 10.26 mu m -> 1.064 mu m, was clearly evidenced. Besides the midinfrared region, we have also investigated frequency upconversion of the input signals at 1.27 mu m and 1.57 mu m in the presence of the pump beam at 1.064 mu m in bulk periodically-poled LiNbO3 (PPLN) crystals. The quantum efficiencies of 11.2% and 13.2% have been achieved at these two input wavelengths. The detections of low-level photons at these two wavelengths are important to the NASA Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS) mission.
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