Precise Photon Correlation Measurement of a Chaotic Laser

The second order photon correlation g(2)(τ) of a chaotic optical-feedback semiconductor laser is precisely measured using a Hanbury Brown–Twiss interferometer. The accurate g(2)(τ) with non-zero delay time is obtained experimentally from the photon pair time interval distribution through a ninth-ord...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 9; no. 22; p. 4907
Main Authors Guo, Xiaomin, Cheng, Chen, Liu, Tong, Fang, Xin, Guo, Yanqiang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2019
Subjects
chaos
Coherence
Convolution
Delay time
Error analysis
Experiments
Lasers
Light
optical feedback
Optics
photon correlation
photon statistics
Photons
Quantum dots
quantum optics
Quantum statistics
Semiconductor lasers
Statistical analysis
Theoretical analysis
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Summary:The second order photon correlation g(2)(τ) of a chaotic optical-feedback semiconductor laser is precisely measured using a Hanbury Brown–Twiss interferometer. The accurate g(2)(τ) with non-zero delay time is obtained experimentally from the photon pair time interval distribution through a ninth-order self-convolution correction. The experimental results agree well with the theoretical analysis. The relative error of g(2)(τ) is no more than 5‰ within 50 ns delay time. The bunching effect and coherence time of the chaotic laser are measured via the precise photon correlation technique. This technique provides a new tool to improve the accuracy of g(2)(τ) measurement and boost applications of quantum statistics and correlation.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app9224907