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  1. Article ; Online: Observation of quantum-correlated twin beams in cascaded nonlinear interactions.

    Castrignano, Salvatore / Ricciardi, Iolanda / Maddaloni, Pasquale / De Natale, Paolo / Wabnitz, Stefan / De Rosa, Maurizio

    Optics letters

    2024  Volume 49, Issue 7, Page(s) 1733–1736

    Abstract: We report on the generation of twin beams through a cascaded process of optical parametric oscillation in a doubly resonant second-harmonic generation system. These bright beams exhibit strong quantum correlations, enabling the observation of up to 5 dB ... ...

    Abstract We report on the generation of twin beams through a cascaded process of optical parametric oscillation in a doubly resonant second-harmonic generation system. These bright beams exhibit strong quantum correlations, enabling the observation of up to 5 dB of noise reduction in their intensity difference below the standard quantum limit.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1539-4794
    ISSN (online) 1539-4794
    DOI 10.1364/OL.514976
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  2. Article ; Online: Cavity-enhanced photoacoustic dual-comb spectroscopy.

    Wang, Zhen / Nie, Qinxue / Sun, Haojia / Wang, Qiang / Borri, Simone / De Natale, Paolo / Ren, Wei

    Light, science & applications

    2024  Volume 13, Issue 1, Page(s) 11

    Abstract: Photoacoustic dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS), converting spectral information in the optical frequency domain to the audio frequency domain via multi-heterodyne beating, enables background-free spectral measurements with high resolution and broad bandwidth. ...

    Abstract Photoacoustic dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS), converting spectral information in the optical frequency domain to the audio frequency domain via multi-heterodyne beating, enables background-free spectral measurements with high resolution and broad bandwidth. However, the detection sensitivity remains limited due to the low power of individual comb lines and the lack of broadband acoustic resonators. Here, we develop cavity-enhanced photoacoustic DCS, which overcomes these limitations by using a high-finesse optical cavity for the power amplification of dual-frequency combs and a broadband acoustic resonator with a flat-top frequency response. We demonstrate high-resolution spectroscopic measurements of trace amounts of C
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2662628-7
    ISSN 2047-7538 ; 2047-7538
    ISSN (online) 2047-7538
    ISSN 2047-7538
    DOI 10.1038/s41377-023-01353-6
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  3. Article ; Online: Analog FM free-space optical communication based on a mid-infrared quantum cascade laser frequency comb.

    Corrias, Nicola / Gabbrielli, Tecla / De Natale, Paolo / Consolino, Luigi / Cappelli, Francesco

    Optics express

    2022  Volume 30, Issue 7, Page(s) 10217–10228

    Abstract: Quantum cascade laser frequency combs are nowadays well-appreciated sources for infrared spectroscopy. Here their applicability for free-space optical communication is demonstrated. The spontaneously-generated intermodal beat note of the frequency comb ... ...

    Abstract Quantum cascade laser frequency combs are nowadays well-appreciated sources for infrared spectroscopy. Here their applicability for free-space optical communication is demonstrated. The spontaneously-generated intermodal beat note of the frequency comb is used as carrier for transferring the analog signal via frequency modulation. Exploiting the atmospheric transparency window at 4 µm, an optical communication with a signal-to-noise ratio up to 65 dB is realized, with a modulation bandwidth of 300 kHz. The system tolerates a maximum optical attenuation exceeding 35 dB. The possibility of parallel transmission of an independent digital signal via amplitude modulation at 5 Mbit/s is also demonstrated.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1491859-6
    ISSN 1094-4087 ; 1094-4087
    ISSN (online) 1094-4087
    ISSN 1094-4087
    DOI 10.1364/OE.443483
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  4. Article: Mid-infrared Ring Interband Cascade Laser: Operation at the Standard Quantum Limit.

    Marschick, Georg / Pelini, Jacopo / Gabbrielli, Tecla / Cappelli, Francesco / Weih, Robert / Knötig, Hedwig / Koeth, Johannes / Höfling, Sven / De Natale, Paolo / Strasser, Gottfried / Borri, Simone / Hinkov, Borislav

    ACS photonics

    2024  Volume 11, Issue 2, Page(s) 395–403

    Abstract: 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, e.g., sensitivity and resolution of mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopic ...

    Abstract 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, e.g., sensitivity and resolution of mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopic systems as well as the bit-error rate in optical free-space communication. Interband cascade lasers (ICLs) are a class of mid-infrared lasers exploiting interband transitions in type-II band alignment geometry. They are currently gaining significant importance for mid-infrared applications from < 3 to > 6 μm wavelength, enabled by novel types of high-performance ICLs such as ring-cavity devices. Their noise behavior is an important feature that still needs to be thoroughly analyzed, including its potential reduction with respect to the shot-noise limit. In this work, we provide a comprehensive characterization of λ = 3.8 μm-emitting, continuous-wave ring ICLs operating at room temperature. It is based on an in-depth study of their main physical intensity noise features such as their bias-dependent intensity noise power spectral density and relative intensity noise. We obtained shot-noise-limited statistics for Fourier frequencies above 100 kHz. This is an important result for precision applications, e.g., interferometry or advanced spectroscopy, which benefit from exploiting the advantage of using such a shot-noise-limited source, enhancing the setup sensitivity. Moreover, it is an important feature for novel quantum optics schemes, including testing specific light states below the shot-noise level, such as squeezed states.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-18
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2330-4022
    ISSN 2330-4022
    DOI 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c01159
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  5. Article ; Online: Mid-infrared homodyne balanced detector for quantum light characterization.

    Gabbrielli, Tecla / Cappelli, Francesco / Bruno, Natalia / Corrias, Nicola / Borri, Simone / De Natale, Paolo / Zavatta, Alessandro

    Optics express

    2021  Volume 29, Issue 10, Page(s) 14536–14547

    Abstract: 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. in quantum cascade lasers emission, requires a high-performance detection ...

    Abstract 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. in quantum cascade lasers emission, requires a high-performance detection system. Through the intensity noise power spectral density analysis of the differential signal coming from the incident radiation, we show that our setup is shot-noise limited. We discuss the experimental results with a view to possible applications to quantum technologies, such as free-space quantum communication.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1491859-6
    ISSN 1094-4087 ; 1094-4087
    ISSN (online) 1094-4087
    ISSN 1094-4087
    DOI 10.1364/OE.420990
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  6. Article ; Online: Liquid Droplet Microresonators.

    Giorgini, Antonio / Avino, Saverio / Malara, Pietro / De Natale, Paolo / Gagliardi, Gianluca

    Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

    2019  Volume 19, Issue 3

    Abstract: We provide here an overview of passive optical micro-cavities made of droplets in the liquid phase. We focus on resonators that are naturally created and suspended under gravity thanks to interfacial forces, illustrating simple ways to excite whispering- ... ...

    Abstract We provide here an overview of passive optical micro-cavities made of droplets in the liquid phase. We focus on resonators that are naturally created and suspended under gravity thanks to interfacial forces, illustrating simple ways to excite whispering-gallery modes in various slow-evaporation liquids using free-space optics. Similar to solid resonators, frequency locking of near-infrared and visible lasers to resonant modes is performed exploiting either phase-sensitive detection of the leakage cavity field or multiple interference between whispering-gallery modes in the scattered light. As opposed to conventional micro-cavity sensors, each droplet acts simultaneously as the sensor and the sample, whereby the internal light can detect dissolved compounds and particles. Optical quality factors up to 107⁻108 are observed in liquid-polymer droplets through photon lifetime measurements. First attempts in using single water droplets are also reported. These achievements point out their huge potential for direct spectroscopy and bio-chemical sensing in liquid environments. Finally, the first experiments of cavity optomechanics with surface acoustic waves in nanolitre droplets are presented. The possibility to perform studies of viscous-elastic properties points to a new paradigm: a droplet device as an opto-fluid-mechanics laboratory on table-top scale under controlled environmental conditions.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-01-24
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2052857-7
    ISSN 1424-8220 ; 1424-8220
    ISSN (online) 1424-8220
    ISSN 1424-8220
    DOI 10.3390/s19030473
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  7. Book ; Online: Characterization of noise regimes in Mid-IR free-space optical communication based on quantum cascade lasers

    Seminara, Marco / Gabbrielli, Tecla / Corrias, Nicola / Borri, Simone / Consolino, Luigi / Meucci, Marco / De Natale, Paolo / Cappelli, Francesco / Catani, Jacopo

    2022  

    Abstract: 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 systems working in the mid-infrared (Mid-IR) wavelength range. As compared to ... ...

    Abstract 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 systems working in the mid-infrared (Mid-IR) wavelength range. As compared to more common FSO systems exploiting the telecom range, the larger wavelength employed in Mid-IR systems delivers exceptional benefits in case of adverse atmospheric conditions, as the reduced scattering rate strongly suppresses detrimental effects on the FSO link length given by the presence of rain, dust, fog and haze. In this work, we use a novel FSO testbed operating at \SI{4.7}{\micro m}, to provide a detailed experimental analysis of noise regimes that could occur in realistic FSO Mid-IR systems based on QCLs. Our analysis reveals the existence of two distinct noise regions, corresponding to different realistic channel attenuation conditions, which are precisely controlled in our setup. To relate our results with real outdoor configurations, we combine experimental data with predictions of an atmospheric channel loss model, finding that error-free communication could be attained for effective distances up to 8~km in low visibility conditions of 1 km. Our analysis of noise regimes may have a key relevance for the development of novel, long-range FSO communication systems based on Mid-IR QCL sources
    Keywords Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Signal Processing ; Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control ; Physics - Applied Physics ; Physics - Optics
    Subject code 621
    Publishing date 2022-07-14
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: Time/frequency-domain characterization of a mid-IR DFG frequency comb via two-photon and heterodyne detection.

    Gabbrielli, Tecla / Insero, Giacomo / De Regis, Michele / Corrias, Nicola / Galli, Iacopo / Mazzotti, Davide / Bartolini, Paolo / Hyun Huh, Jeong / Cleff, Carsten / Kastner, Alexander / Holzwarth, Ronald / Borri, Simone / Consolino, Luigi / De Natale, Paolo / Cappelli, Francesco

    Optics express

    2023  Volume 31, Issue 21, Page(s) 35330–35342

    Abstract: Mid-infrared frequency combs are nowadays well-appreciated sources for spectroscopy and frequency metrology. Here, a comprehensive approach for characterizing a difference-frequency-generated mid-infrared frequency comb (DFG-comb) both in the time and in ...

    Abstract Mid-infrared frequency combs are nowadays well-appreciated sources for spectroscopy and frequency metrology. Here, a comprehensive approach for characterizing a difference-frequency-generated mid-infrared frequency comb (DFG-comb) both in the time and in the frequency domain is presented. An autocorrelation scheme exploiting mid-infrared two-photon detection is used for characterizing the pulse width and to verify the optimal compression of the generated pulses reaching a pulse duration (FWHM) as low as 196 fs. A second scheme based on mid-infrared heterodyne detection employing two independent narrow-linewidth quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) is used for frequency-narrowing the modes of the DFG-comb down to 9.4 kHz on a 5-ms timescale.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1491859-6
    ISSN 1094-4087 ; 1094-4087
    ISSN (online) 1094-4087
    ISSN 1094-4087
    DOI 10.1364/OE.493321
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  9. Article ; Online: Absolute frequency metrology of buffer-gas-cooled molecular spectra at 1 kHz accuracy level.

    Aiello, Roberto / Di Sarno, Valentina / Delli Santi, Maria Giulia / De Rosa, Maurizio / Ricciardi, Iolanda / De Natale, Paolo / Santamaria, Luigi / Giusfredi, Giovanni / Maddaloni, Pasquale

    Nature communications

    2022  Volume 13, Issue 1, Page(s) 7016

    Abstract: By reducing both the internal and translational temperature of any species down to a few kelvins, the buffer-gas-cooling (BGC) technique has the potential to dramatically improve the quality of ro-vibrational molecular spectra, thus offering unique ... ...

    Abstract By reducing both the internal and translational temperature of any species down to a few kelvins, the buffer-gas-cooling (BGC) technique has the potential to dramatically improve the quality of ro-vibrational molecular spectra, thus offering unique opportunities for transition frequency measurements with unprecedented accuracy. However, the difficulty in integrating metrological-grade spectroscopic tools into bulky cryogenic equipment has hitherto prevented from approaching the kHz level even in the best cases. Here, we overcome this drawback by an original opto-mechanical scheme which, effectively coupling a Lamb-dip saturated-absorption cavity ring-down spectrometer to a BGC source, allows us to determine the absolute frequency of the acetylene (ν
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-16
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-34758-9
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  10. Article: Doubly resonant sub-ppt photoacoustic gas detection with eight decades dynamic range.

    Wang, Zhen / Wang, Qiang / Zhang, Hui / Borri, Simone / Galli, Iacopo / Sampaolo, Angelo / Patimisco, Pietro / Spagnolo, Vincenzo Luigi / De Natale, Paolo / Ren, Wei

    Photoacoustics

    2022  Volume 27, Page(s) 100387

    Abstract: Photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) based gas sensors with high sensitivity, wide dynamic range, low cost, and small footprint are desirable in energy, environment, safety, and public health. However, most works have focused on either acoustic resonator to ... ...

    Abstract Photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) based gas sensors with high sensitivity, wide dynamic range, low cost, and small footprint are desirable in energy, environment, safety, and public health. However, most works have focused on either acoustic resonator to enhance acoustic wave or optical resonator to enhance optical wave. Herein, we develop a gas sensor based on doubly resonant PAS in which the acoustic and optical waves are simultaneously enhanced using combined optical and acoustic resonators in a centimeter-long configuration. Not only the lower detection limit is enhanced by the double standing waves, but also the upper detection limit is expanded due to the short resonators. As an example, we developed a sensor by detecting acetylene (C
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-22
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2716706-9
    ISSN 2213-5979
    ISSN 2213-5979
    DOI 10.1016/j.pacs.2022.100387
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