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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 3, Issue 4, 046002(2024)

Highly sensitive mid-infrared upconversion detection based on external-cavity pump enhancement

Xiaohan Liu1, Kun Huang1,2,3、*, Wen Zhang1, Ben Sun1, Jianan Fang1, Yan Liang4, and Heping Zeng1,2,5,6
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  • 1East China Normal University, State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Shanghai, China
  • 2Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing, China
  • 3Shanxi University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Taiyuan, China
  • 4University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, School of Optical Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shanghai, China
  • 5Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai, China
  • 6Chongqing Institute for Brain and Intelligence, Guangyang Bay Laboratory, Chongqing, China
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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Apr. 28, 2024

    Accepted: May. 13, 2024

    Published Online: May. 28, 2024

    The Author Email: Kun Huang (khuang@lps.ecnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1117/1.APN.3.4.046002

    CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.3.4.046002

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