Towards integrated sensors for optimized OCT with undetected photons

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Autores principales: Roeder, Franz, Pollmann, René, Quiring, Viktor, Eigner, Christof, Brecht, Benjamin, Silberhorn, Christine
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author Roeder, Franz
Pollmann, René
Quiring, Viktor
Eigner, Christof
Brecht, Benjamin
Silberhorn, Christine
author_facet Roeder, Franz
Pollmann, René
Quiring, Viktor
Eigner, Christof
Brecht, Benjamin
Silberhorn, Christine
contents The development of practical sensors for optical coherence tomography (OCT) with undetected photons requires miniaturization via integration. To be practical, these sensors must exhibit a large spectral bandwidth and a high brightness, which are linked to a high axial resolution and a sufficient signal to noise ratio, respectively. Here, we combine these requirements in a scheme for OCT-measurements with undetected photons based on nonlinear Ti:LiNbO$_3$ waveguides. We investigate the performance benchmarks of the commonly used SU(1,1) scheme in comparison to an induced coherence scheme and find that the latter is actually better suited when implementing measurements with undetected photons in integrated systems. In both schemes, we perform pump gain optimization and OCT measurements with undetected photons with an axial resolution as low as 28 $\mathrmμ$m.
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spellingShingle Towards integrated sensors for optimized OCT with undetected photons
Roeder, Franz
Pollmann, René
Quiring, Viktor
Eigner, Christof
Brecht, Benjamin
Silberhorn, Christine
Quantum Physics
The development of practical sensors for optical coherence tomography (OCT) with undetected photons requires miniaturization via integration. To be practical, these sensors must exhibit a large spectral bandwidth and a high brightness, which are linked to a high axial resolution and a sufficient signal to noise ratio, respectively. Here, we combine these requirements in a scheme for OCT-measurements with undetected photons based on nonlinear Ti:LiNbO$_3$ waveguides. We investigate the performance benchmarks of the commonly used SU(1,1) scheme in comparison to an induced coherence scheme and find that the latter is actually better suited when implementing measurements with undetected photons in integrated systems. In both schemes, we perform pump gain optimization and OCT measurements with undetected photons with an axial resolution as low as 28 $\mathrmμ$m.
title Towards integrated sensors for optimized OCT with undetected photons
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05320