Published/Posted: December 1, 2002

Authors: Roth, J. M.; Murphy, T. E.; Xu, C.

DOI: 10.1364/OL.27.002076

Abstract: We demonstrate improved efficiency and dynamic range for two-photon absorption at 1.5 µm in a photoelectron-counting GaAs photomultiplier tube. cw laser measurements show pure two-photon absorption occurring in the device from average powers of 1.3 µW to nearly 1 mW. We use the detector to implement an autocorrelator with peak-power × average-power sensitivity of 1.7e-4 mW^2 and discuss practical ways to reduce this figure of merit to as low as 1e-5 mW^2.

Citation:
J. M. Roth, T. E. Murphy and C. Xu, "Ultrasensitive and high-dynamic-range two-photon absorption in a GaAs photomultiplier tube", Opt. Lett. 27(23) 2076-2078 (2002)
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