Heterodyne spectrometer sensitivity limit for quantum networking
arXiv:2201.05192 · doi:10.1364/AO.459172
Abstract
Optical heterodyne detection-based spectrometers are attractive due to their relatively simple construction and ultra-high resolution. Here we demonstrate a proof-of-principle single-mode optical-fiber-based heterodyne spectrometer which has picometer resolution and quantum-limited sensitivity around 1550 nm. Moreover, we report a generalized quantum limit of detecting broadband multi-spectral-temporal-mode light using heterodyne detection, which provides a sensitivity limit on a heterodyne detection-based optical spectrometer. We then compare this sensitivity limit to several spectrometer types and dim light sources of interest, such as, spontaneous parametric downconversion, Raman scattering, and spontaneous four-wave mixing. We calculate the heterodyne spectrometer is significantly less sensitive than a single-photon detector and unable to detect these dim light sources, except for the brightest and narrowest-bandwidth examples.
12 pages, 4 figures
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