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Author Teich, M. C.
Title Infrared heterodyne detection Type Conference Article
Year (up) 1968 Publication Proc. IEEE Abbreviated Journal
Volume 56 Issue 1 Pages 37-46
Keywords minimum detectable power, quantum limit, infrared, IR mixer
Abstract Heterodyne experiments have been performed in the middle infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum using the CO2laser as a radiation source. Theoretically optimum operation has been achieved at kHz heterodyne frequencies using photoconductive Ge:Cu detectors operated at 4°K, and at kHz and MHz frequencies using Pb1-xSnxSe photovoltaic detectors at 77°K. In accordance with the theory, the minimum detectable power observed is a factor of 2/η greater than the theoretically perfect quantum counter, hvΔf. The coefficient 2/η varies from 5 to 25 for the detectors investigated in this study. A comparison is made between photoconductive and photodiode detectors for heterodyne use in the infrared, and it is concluded that both are useful. Heterodyne detection at 10.6 µm is expected to be useful for communications applications, infrared radar, and heterodyne spectroscopy. It has particular significance because of the high radiation power available from the CO2laser, and because of the 8 to 14 µm atmospheric window.
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Call Number Serial 1060
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Author Johnson, M. A.; Betz, A. L.; McLaren, R. A.; Townes, C. H.; Sutton, E. C.
Title Nonthermal 10 micron CO2 emission lines in the atmospheres of Mars and Venus Type Journal Article
Year (up) 1976 Publication Astron. Astrophys. Abbreviated Journal A&A
Volume 208 Issue Pages 145
Keywords carbon dioxide, emission spectra, infrared spectra, mars atmosphere, nonthermal radiation, optical heterodyning, planetary radiation, venus atmosphere, absorption spectra, energy transfer, line spectra, molecular absorption, molecular collisions, near infrared radiation, solar flux
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Call Number ref1976ApJ...208L.145J Serial 451
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Author Betz, A. L.; Johnson, M. A.; McLaren, R. A.; Sutton, E. C.
Title Heterodyne detection of CO2 emission lines and wind velocities in the atmosphere of Venus Type Journal Article
Year (up) 1976 Publication Astrophys. J. Abbreviated Journal
Volume 208 Issue Pages L141-L144
Keywords carbon dioxide, emission spectra, optical heterodyning, planetary radiation, venus atmosphere, wind velocity, doppler effect, infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, venus clouds
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Author Soifer, B. T.; Pipher, J. L.
Title Instrumentation for infrared astronomy Type Journal Article
Year (up) 1978 Publication Annual Rev. Astron. Astrophys. Abbreviated Journal
Volume 16 Issue 1 Pages 335-369
Keywords infrared applications
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Author Rothermel, H.; Käufl, H. U.; Yu, Y.
Title A heterodyne spectrometer for astronomical measurements at 10 micrometers Type Journal Article
Year (up) 1983 Publication Astron. Astrophys. Abbreviated Journal A&A
Volume 126 Issue Pages 387-392
Keywords astronomical spectroscopy, infrared astronomy, infrared spectrometers, optical heterodyning, infrared telescopes, laser spectrometers, mars (planet), venus (planet)
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Author Käufl, H. U.; Rothermal, H.; Drapatz, S.
Title Investigation of the Martian atmosphere by 10 micron heterodyne spectroscopy Type Journal Article
Year (up) 1984 Publication Astron. Astrophys. Abbreviated Journal A&A
Volume 136 Issue Pages 319-325
Keywords astronomical spectroscopy, atmospheric composition, infrared astronomy, mars atmosphere, spectral line width, carbon dioxide concentration, nonequilibrium thermodynamics, optical heterodyning, planetary radiation, mars, atmosphere, spectroscopy, atmosphere, carbon dioxide, altitude, kinetics, rotation, thermal properties, temperature, emissions, intensity, models, data, spectra
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Call Number Serial 449
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Author Rothermel, H.; Käufl, H. U.; Schrey, U.; Drapatz, S.
Title Thermal structure of the Martian mesosphere Type Journal Article
Year (up) 1988 Publication Astron. Astrophys. Abbreviated Journal A&A
Volume 196 Issue Pages 296-300
Keywords atmospheric temperature, carbon dioxide, infrared spectroscopy, mars atmosphere, mesosphere, emission spectra, line spectra, spatial resolution, mars, atmosphere, mesosphere, structure, thermal properties, spectra, spectroscopy, earth-based observations, temperature, patterns, infrared, polar regions, wavelengths, equipment, procedure, carbon dioxide, emissions
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Call Number Rothermel1988 Serial 450
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Author Thiébeau, C.; Courtois, D.; Delahaigue, A.; Corre, H.; Mouanda, J. C.; Fayt, A.
Title Dual-beam laser heterodyne spectrometer: Ethylene absorption spectrum in the 10 μm range Type Journal Article
Year (up) 1988 Publication Applied Physics B: Photophysics and Laser Chemistry Abbreviated Journal Appl. Phys. B
Volume 47 Issue 4 Pages 313-318
Keywords infrared applications
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Call Number Serial 493
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Author Gershenson, M. E.; Gong, D.; Sato, T.; Karasik, B. S.; Sergeev, A. V.
Title Millisecond electron-phonon relaxation in ultrathin disordered metal films at millikelvin temperatures Type Journal Article
Year (up) 2001 Publication Appl. Phys. Lett. Abbreviated Journal
Volume 79 Issue Pages 2049-2051
Keywords HEB detector, FIR, far infrared
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Call Number RPLAB @ s @ heb_eph_interaction_Gershenzon Serial 315
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Author Verevkin, A.; Slysz, W.; Pearlman, A.; Zhang, J.; Sobolewski, R.; Okunev, O.; Korneev, A.; Kouminov, P.; Smirnov, K.; Chulkova, G.; Gol’tsman, G. N.; Currie, M.
Title Real-time GHz-rate counting of infrared photons using nanostructured NbN superconducting detectors Type Conference Article
Year (up) 2003 Publication CLEO/QELS Abbreviated Journal CLEO/QELS
Volume Issue Pages CThM8
Keywords NbN SSPD; SNSPD; Infrared; Quantum detectors; Detectors; Photon counting; Quantum communications; Quantum cryptography; Single photon detectors; Superconductors
Abstract We demonstrate that our ultrathin, nanometer-width NbN superconducting single-photon detectors are capable of above 1-GHz-frequency, real-time counting of near-infrared photons. The measured system jitter of the detector is below 15 ps.
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Publisher Optical Society of America Place of Publication Editor
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Area Expedition Conference Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
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Call Number Serial 1517
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Author Zhang, J.; Pearlman, A.; Slysz, W.; Verevkin, A.; Sobolewski, R.; Okunev, O.; Korneev, A.; Kouminov, P.; Smirnov, K.; Chulkova, G.; Gol’tsman, G. N.; Lo, W.; Wilsher, K.
Title Infrared picosecond superconducting single-photon detectors for CMOS circuit testing Type Conference Article
Year (up) 2003 Publication CLEO/QELS Abbreviated Journal CLEO/QELS
Volume Issue Pages Cmv4
Keywords NbN SSPD; SNSPD; Infrared; Quantum detectors; Electron beam lithography; Infrared detectors; Infrared radiation; Quantum efficiency; Single photon detectors; Superconductors
Abstract Novel, NbN superconducting single-photon detectors have been developed for ultrafast, high quantum efficiency detection of single quanta of infrared radiation. Our devices have been successfully implemented in a commercial VLSI CMOS circuit testing system.
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Author Krasnopolsky, Vladimir A.; Maillard, Jean Pierre; C. Owen, Tobias
Title Detection of methane in the martian atmosphere: evidence for life? Type Journal Article
Year (up) 2004 Publication Icarus Abbreviated Journal Icarus
Volume 172 Issue 2 Pages 537-547
Keywords FTS, Mars atmosphere, methane absorption lines, IR spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, landfill gas
Abstract Using the Fourier Transform Spectrometer at the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope, we observed a spectrum of Mars at the P-branch of the strongest CH4 band at 3.3 μm with resolving power of 180,000 for the apodized spectrum. Summing up the spectral intervals at the expected positions of the 15 strongest Doppler-shifted martian lines, we detected the absorption by martian methane at a 3.7 sigma level which is exactly centered in the summed spectrum. The observed CH4 mixing ratio is 10±3 ppb. Total photochemical loss of CH4 in the martian atmosphere is equal to View the MathML source, the CH4 lifetime is 340 years and methane should be uniformly mixed in the atmosphere. Heterogeneous loss of atmospheric methane is probably negligible, while the sink of CH4 during its diffusion through the regolith may be significant. There are no processes of CH4 formation in the atmosphere, so the photochemical loss must therefore be balanced by abiogenic and biogenic sources. Outgassing from Mars is weak, the latest volcanism is at least 10 million years old, and thermal emission imaging from the Mars Odyssey orbiter does not reveal any hot spots on Mars. Hydrothermal systems can hardly be warmer than the room temperature at which production of methane is very low in terrestrial waters. Therefore a significant production of hydrothermal and magmatic methane is not very likely on Mars. The calculated average production of CH4 by cometary impacts is 2% of the methane loss. Production of methane by meteorites and interplanetary dust does not exceed 4% of the methane loss. Methane cannot originate from an extinct biosphere, as in the case of “natural gas” on Earth, given the exceedingly low limits on organic matter set by the Viking landers and the dry recent history which has been extremely hostile to the macroscopic life needed to generate the gas. Therefore, methanogenesis by living subterranean organisms is a plausible explanation for this discovery. Our estimates of the biomass and its production using the measured CH4 abundance show that the martian biota may be extremely scarce and Mars may be generally sterile except for some oases.
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Author González, F. J.; Boreman, G. D.
Title Comparison of dipole, bowtie, spiral and log-periodic IR antennas Type Journal Article
Year (up) 2005 Publication Infrared Physics & Technology Abbreviated Journal Inf Phys & Technol
Volume 46 Issue 5 Pages 418-428
Keywords optical antennas; Microbolometer; Infrared antennas; Antenna efficiency; Antenna-coupled detectors
Abstract Antenna-coupled microbolometers use planar lithographic antennas to couple infrared radiation into a bolometer with sub-micron dimensions. In this paper four different types of infrared antennas were fabricated on thin grounded-substrates and coupled to microbolometers. Dipole, bowtie, spiral and log-periodic IR antenna-coupled detectors were measured at 10.6 μm and their performance compared. A new method to calculate the radiation efficiency based on the spatial and angular response of infrared antennas is presented and used to evaluate their performance. The calculated radiation efficiency for the dipole, bowtie, spiral and log-periodic IR antennas was 20%, 37%, 25% and 46% respectively. A dipole-length study was performed and shows that the quasistatic value of the effective permittivity accurately describes the incident wavelength in the substrate at infrared frequencies for antennas on a thin substrate.
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Call Number RPLAB @ gujma @ Serial 739
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Author Slysz, W.; Wegrzecki, M.; Bar, J.; Grabiec, P.; Górska, M.; Latta, C.; Zwiller, V.; Pearlman, A.; Cross, A.; Korneev, A.; Kouminov, P.; Smirnov, K.; Voronov, B.; Gol’tsman, G.; Verevkin, A.; Currie, M.; Sobolewski, R.
Title Fiber-coupled quantum-communications receiver based on two NbN superconducting single-photon detectors Type Conference Article
Year (up) 2005 Publication Proc. SPIE Abbreviated Journal Proc. SPIE
Volume 5957 Issue Pages 59571K (1 to 10)
Keywords SSPD, SNSPD, single-photon detectors, quantum communication, quantum cryptography, superconductors, infrared optical detectors
Abstract We present the design and performance of a novel, two-channel single-photon receiver, based on two fiber-coupled NbN superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPDs). The SSPDs are nanostructured superconducting meanders covering an area of 100 μm2 and are known for ultrafast and efficient counting of single, visible-to-infrared photons. Their operation has been explained within a phenomenological hot-electron photoresponse model. Our receiver is intended for fiber-based quantum cryptography and communication systems, operational at near-infrared (NIR) telecommunication wavelengths, λ = 1.3 μm and λ = 1.55 μm. Coupling between the NbN detector and a single-mode optical fiber was achieved using a specially designed, micromechanical photoresist ring, positioned directly over the SSPD active area. The positioning accuracy of the ring was below 1 μm. The receiver with SSPDs was placed (immersed) in a standard liquid-helium transport Dewar and kept without interruption for over two months at 4.2 K. At the same time, the optical fiber inputs and electrical outputs were kept at room temperature. Our best system reached a system quantum efficiency of up to 0.3 % in the NIR radiation range, with the detector coupling efficiency of about 30 %. The response time was measured to be about 250 ps and was limited by our read-out electronics. The measured jitter was close to 35 ps. The presented performance parameters show that our NIR single photon detectors are suitable for practical quantum cryptography and for applications in quantum-correlation experiments.
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Publisher SPIE Place of Publication Editor Rogalski, A.; Dereniak, E.L.; Sizov, F.F.
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Area Expedition Conference Infrared Photoelectronics
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Author Финкель, М. И.
Title Терагерцовые смесители на эффекте электронного разогрева в ультратонких плёнках NbN и NbTiN Type Manuscript
Year (up) 2006 Publication М. МПГУ Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords HEB, detector, mixer, terahertz, THz, infrared, IR, direct detection effect, conversion bandwidth, conversion loss
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