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Sub-doppler trace-gas photoacoustic spectroscopy
Jacopo Pelini, Stefano Dello Russo, Chenghong Zhang +10
Molecules are emerging as new benchmark for metrology and fundamental physics research, driving the demand for spectroscopic techniques combining high sensitivity and resolution. P…
Electron-to-photon noise transfer in mid-infrared semiconductor lasers
Irene La Penna, Tecla Gabbrielli, Borislav Hinkov +8
Noise characteristics of state-of-the art light sources are crucial parameters in understanding their limitations towards quantum applications. This work describes a method to stud…
Frequency and intensity noise of a grating-tuned external-cavity quantum cascade laser
Irene La Penna, Tecla Gabbrielli, Cristina Rimoldi +6
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are semiconductor-heterostructure devices known for their emission in the mid-infrared and THz spectral regions. Due to their operating regime, their…
Self-mixing-based photoacoustic sensing
Tecla Gabbrielli, Jacopo Pelini, Chenhong Zhang +7
Versatile, ultracompact, easy-to-handle, high-sensitivity sensors are compelling tools for in situ pivotal applications, such as medical diagnostics, security and safety assessment…
Bridging mid and near infrared by combining optomechanics and self mixing
Tecla Gabbrielli, Chenghong Zhang, Francesco Cappelli +8
This work describes a self-mixing-assisted optomechanical platform for transferring information between near- and mid-infrared radiation. In particular, the self-mixing signal of a…
Free-space time-bin encoded quantum key distribution from near- to mid-infrared wavelengths
Claudia De Lazzari, Tecla Gabbrielli, Natalia Bruno +9
Quantum technologies play a central role in establishing new ways of quantum-secured communication. We investigate Free-Space Quantum Communication and explore the advantage of imp…
Near-single-photon atto-watt detection at mid-infrared wavelengths by a room-temperature balanced heterodyne set-up
Daniele Palaferri, Lorenzo Mancini, Chiara Vecchi +8
Single photon detection is the underpinning technology for quantum communication and quantum sensing applications. At visible and near-infrared wavelengths, single-photon-detectors…
Shot-noise-limited emission from interband and quantum cascade lasers
Tecla Gabbrielli, Jacopo Pelini, Georg Marschick +12
The intensity noise of a laser source represents one of the key factors limiting the ultimate sensitivity in laser-based systems for sensing and telecommunication. For advanced app…
Mid-Infrared Ring Interband Cascade Laser: Operation at the Standard Quantum Limit
Georg Marschick, Jacopo Pelini, Tecla Gabbrielli +9
Many precision applications in the mid-infrared spectral range have strong constraints based on quantum effects that are expressed in particular noise characteristics. They limit,…
Characterization of noise regimes in Mid-IR free-space optical communication based on quantum cascade lasers
Marco Seminara, Tecla Gabbrielli, Nicola Corrias +6
The recent development of Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) represents one of the biggest opportunities for the deployment of a new class of Free Space Optical (FSO) communication syst…
Intensity correlations in quantum cascade laser harmonic frequency combs
Tecla Gabbrielli, Natalia Bruno, Nicola Corrias +10
A novel study on harmonic frequency combs emitted by Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) is here presented, demonstrating the presence of intensity correlations between twin modes charac…
Doubly resonant photoacoustic spectroscopy: ultra-high sensitivity meets ultra-wide dynamic range
Zhen Wang, Qiang Wang, Hui Zhang +7
Photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) based gas sensors with high sensitivity, wide dynamic range, low cost, and small footprint are desirable across a broad range of applications in en…
Mid-infrared homodyne balanced detector for quantum light characterization
Tecla Gabbrielli, Francesco Cappelli, Natalia Bruno +4
We present the characterization of a novel balanced homodyne detector operating in the mid-infrared. The challenging task of revealing non-classicality in mid-infrared light, e.~g.…
Measuring molecular frequencies in the 1--10 μm range at 11-digits accuracy
G. Insero, S. Borri, D. Calonico +7
Mid infrared (MIR) photonics is a key region for molecular physics [1]. High-resolution spectroscopy in the 1--10 μm region, though, has never been fully tackled for the lack of wi…
Laser spectroscopy of cold molecules
Simone Borri, Gabriele Santambrogio
This paper reviews the recent results in high-resolution spectroscopy on cold molecules. Laser spectroscopy of cold molecules addresses issues of symmetry violation, like in the se…
Observing the intrinsic linewidth of a quantum-cascade laser: beyond the Schawlow-Townes limit
S. Bartalini, S. Borri, P. Cancio +6
A comprehensive investigation of the frequency-noise spectral density of a free-running mid-infrared quantum-cascade laser is presented for the first time. It provides direct evide…
Saturated-absorption cavity ring-down spectroscopy
G. Giusfredi, S. Bartalini, S. Borri +4
We report on a novel approach to cavity-ring-down spectroscopy with the sample gas in saturated-absorption regime. This technique allows to decouple and simultaneously retrieve emp…