Measuring Hanbury Brown and Twiss Effect of Multi-Spatial-Mode Thermal Light at Ultrashort Timescale by Two-Photon Absorption

Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect of multi-spatial-mode thermal light is obtained at ultrashort timescale by two-photon-absorption (TPA) in a semiconductor photon-counting module. A characteristic spectrum, due to the interference in multi-mode fiber, is observed directly in TPA detector for the first...

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Main Authors: Zhiguo Tang, Bin Bai, Yu Zhou, Huaibin Zheng, Hui Chen, Jianbin Liu, Fuli Li, Zhuo Xu
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Bin Bai
Yu Zhou
Huaibin Zheng
Hui Chen
Jianbin Liu
Fuli Li
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description Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect of multi-spatial-mode thermal light is obtained at ultrashort timescale by two-photon-absorption (TPA) in a semiconductor photon-counting module. A characteristic spectrum, due to the interference in multi-mode fiber, is observed directly in TPA detector for the first time. To analyze the output of such measurement, a theoretical model based on the Feynman's path-integral theory is built, which makes the contribution of related item and the corresponding spectral component match very well. In addition, by introducing an all-optical method into the current HBT apparatus, one can obtain the concerned second-order coherence spectrum directly without any postprocessing. This result may be helpful to develop ultrafast detection for the intensity interferometer with natural light. Meanwhile, the observation of HBT effect of multi-mode interference offers a new detection method for the optical fiber sensors.
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spelling doaj-art-13359f01df484a308fe32c7ee07dc6502025-08-20T03:15:15ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552018-01-0110611610.1109/JPHOT.2018.28799738526287Measuring Hanbury Brown and Twiss Effect of Multi-Spatial-Mode Thermal Light at Ultrashort Timescale by Two-Photon AbsorptionZhiguo Tang0Bin Bai1Yu Zhou2Huaibin Zheng3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2313-4119Hui Chen4Jianbin Liu5Fuli Li6Zhuo Xu7Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education and International Center for Dielectric Research, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaElectronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education and International Center for Dielectric Research, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaMOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Department of Applied Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaElectronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education and International Center for Dielectric Research, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaElectronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education and International Center for Dielectric Research, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaElectronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education and International Center for Dielectric Research, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaMOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Department of Applied Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaElectronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education and International Center for Dielectric Research, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaHanbury Brown and Twiss effect of multi-spatial-mode thermal light is obtained at ultrashort timescale by two-photon-absorption (TPA) in a semiconductor photon-counting module. A characteristic spectrum, due to the interference in multi-mode fiber, is observed directly in TPA detector for the first time. To analyze the output of such measurement, a theoretical model based on the Feynman's path-integral theory is built, which makes the contribution of related item and the corresponding spectral component match very well. In addition, by introducing an all-optical method into the current HBT apparatus, one can obtain the concerned second-order coherence spectrum directly without any postprocessing. This result may be helpful to develop ultrafast detection for the intensity interferometer with natural light. Meanwhile, the observation of HBT effect of multi-mode interference offers a new detection method for the optical fiber sensors.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8526287/Hanbury Brown and Twiss effecttwo-photon-absorption detectionFeynman's path-integral theory
spellingShingle Zhiguo Tang
Bin Bai
Yu Zhou
Huaibin Zheng
Hui Chen
Jianbin Liu
Fuli Li
Zhuo Xu
Measuring Hanbury Brown and Twiss Effect of Multi-Spatial-Mode Thermal Light at Ultrashort Timescale by Two-Photon Absorption
IEEE Photonics Journal
Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect
two-photon-absorption detection
Feynman's path-integral theory
title Measuring Hanbury Brown and Twiss Effect of Multi-Spatial-Mode Thermal Light at Ultrashort Timescale by Two-Photon Absorption
title_full Measuring Hanbury Brown and Twiss Effect of Multi-Spatial-Mode Thermal Light at Ultrashort Timescale by Two-Photon Absorption
title_fullStr Measuring Hanbury Brown and Twiss Effect of Multi-Spatial-Mode Thermal Light at Ultrashort Timescale by Two-Photon Absorption
title_full_unstemmed Measuring Hanbury Brown and Twiss Effect of Multi-Spatial-Mode Thermal Light at Ultrashort Timescale by Two-Photon Absorption
title_short Measuring Hanbury Brown and Twiss Effect of Multi-Spatial-Mode Thermal Light at Ultrashort Timescale by Two-Photon Absorption
title_sort measuring hanbury brown and twiss effect of multi spatial mode thermal light at ultrashort timescale by two photon absorption
topic Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect
two-photon-absorption detection
Feynman's path-integral theory
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8526287/
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