Mid-infrared nonlinear upconversion imaging and sensing

Christian Pedersen; Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg

doi:10.1117/12.2218617

4 March 2016 Mid-infrared nonlinear upconversion imaging and sensing

Christian Pedersen, Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg

Proceedings Volume 9731, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications XV; 97310X (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218617
Event: SPIE LASE, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The mid-IR wavelength range is highly relevant for a number of applications related to gas spectroscopy and spectral analysis of complex molecules such as those including CH bounds. The main obstacles for exploitation of mid-IR applications include suitable and affordable mid-IR light sources for excitation of the sample and sensitive mid-IR detectors. With the advent of mid-IR Quantum cascaded lasers and super continuum light sources new possibilities has emerged. However, low-noise, mid-IR (2-15 μm) detection is still challenging requiring cryogenic cooling to gain sensitivities needed for measurements of fluorescence or absorptions signals. Mid-IR upconversion imaging and detection using nonlinear crystals offers good promise as an alternative, sensitive mid-IR imaging and detection technology. In this paper the fundamental properties of upconversion is discussed.

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Christian Pedersen and Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg "Mid-infrared nonlinear upconversion imaging and sensing", Proc. SPIE 9731, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications XV, 97310X (4 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218617

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