The intensity detection of single-photon detectors based on photon counting probability density statistics

Single-photon detectors possess the ultra-high sensitivity, but they cannot directly respond to signal intensity. Conventional methods adopt sampling gates with fixed width and count the triggered number of sampling gates, which is capable of obtaining photon counting probability to estimate the echo signal intensity. In this paper, we not only count the number of triggered sampling gates, but also record the triggered time position of photon counting pulses. The photon counting probability density distribution is obtained through the statistics of a series of the triggered time positions. Then Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimation(MVUE) method is used to estimate the echo signal intensity. Compared with conventional methods, this method can improve the estimation accuracy of echo signal intensity due to the acquisition of more detected information. Finally, a proof-of-principle laboratory system is established. The estimation accuracy of echo signal intensity is discussed and a high accuracy intensity image is acquired under low-light level environments.     

The effects of tilt corrected residual aberration on the detection probability of single-photon propagation in a slant path turbulent atmosphere

Based on the assumption of a pulse laser beam with an initial Gaussian temporal shape and a collimated fundamental-model Gaussian beam, the Rytov approximation and Kolmogorov spectrum model for the index-of-refraction fluctuation of atmosphere, the effect of turbulence on the probability density, acquisition transmittance probability, transmittance probability density, acquisition probability of single-photon propagation in atmospheric communication channel with z-tilt and centroid-tilt aberration corrected are studied theoretically. The probability density, acquisition transmittance probability, transmittance probability density and acquisition probability models for single-photon propagation in uplink path and downlink path are derived. Our results shown that the detection probability and the acquisition transmittance probability of the single-photon are obvious increase, when the beams are propagation in the z-tilt corrected communication channel.     

超导单光子探测器件直流特性研究

超导单光子探测技术是基于超薄超导薄膜的非平衡态热电子效应的一种新型的单光子探测方法。超导单光子探测器(SNSPD)的计数率可达到GHz,时间抖动小于100ps,因而在未来量子通信系统中有着广阔的应用前景。介绍了NbN超导单光子探测器件的工作原理和器件超导性能测试系统;测试了超导单光子探测器件的电阻-温度、电流-电压等特性。并对测试结果进行了分析和讨论。     

超导纳米线单光子探测器动态电感研究

单光子探测是一种量子极限光信号的检测技术,超导纳米线单光子探测器(Superconducting NanowireSingle-Photon Detector,SNSPD)作为一种新型的单光子探测技术,在量子通信等众多领域有着广阔的应用前景。SNSPD的动态电感直接决定了SNSPD的工作速度。文中对SNSPD动态电感的特性和测试方法做了详细的研究,成功实现了低温下SNSPD动态电感的测试,并对结果进行了分析处理和研究。利用BCS理论对动态电感随温度、偏置电流变化的特性进行分析计算,并与实际测量结果对比讨论,为未来如何降低SNSPD动态电感、提高其性能的研究工作提供了参考依据。     

单光子探测器量子效率的绝对自身标定方法

提出一种单光子探测器量子效率的绝对自身标定方案，利用光参量下转换过程中产生的光子对在时间上的相关性，先将参量光束分为两路，然后引入相对延时，使同时产生的孪生光子先后进入单光子探测器，然后将探测器之后的电路分为三路，其中一路直接进入计数器得到探测器所探测到的光子的总计数率，另两路用电路方法引入和光路相当的相对延时，经符合电路后进入计数器，得到前后到达探测器的光子对之间的符合计数率.这样，从符合计数率与总光子计数率之比即可在不需要任何其他探测器或者参照标准的情况下获得探测器的量子效率.文中给出两种方案，分别适     

化学气相沉积金刚石X射线探测器

 为得到一种对可见光不响应而在辐射探测范围内平响应的X射线探测器,研究了一种化学气相沉积金刚石X射线探测技术,以作为硅与真空X射线二极管探测技术的补充。首先对化学气相沉积金刚石进行品质检测,利用两种规格的金刚石集成制作出X射线探测器,之后在8 ps激光器装置上开展了探测器的时间响应等性能研究。实验结果表明:探测器系统前沿响应时间可达60 ps,半高全宽可达120 ps,与真空X射线二极管探测系统时间特性一致,可以满足ICF实验对X射线辐射测量的应用。     

Degree of polarization for single-photon beam in a turbulent atmosphere

The polarization fluctuations of single-photon beam propagation through the slant path turbulent atmosphere are studied. The Stokes operators and the degree of polarization of single-photon beam in a turbulent atmosphere are obtained. It is shown by analytical calculations, that the quantum degree of polarization of linearly polarization light is a decrease function of the atmospheric turbulence strength and the propagation distance for lower detection photon number.     

化学气相沉积金刚石X射线探测器

为得到一种对可见光不响应而在辐射探测范围内平响应的X射线探测器,研究了一种化学气相沉积金刚石X射线探测技术,以作为硅与真空X射线二极管探测技术的补充。首先对化学气相沉积金刚石进行品质检测,利用两种规格的金刚石集成制作出X射线探测器,之后在8 ps激光器装置上开展了探测器的时间响应等性能研究。实验结果表明:探测器系统前沿响应时间可达60 ps,半高全宽可达120 ps,与真空X射线二极管探测系统时间特性一致,可以满足ICF实验对X射线辐射测量的应用。     

用于高能X光测量的Si-PIN阵列探测器

设计了用于高能X光测量的小面积PIN硅光电二极管线列探测器,通过理论计算和EGSnrc蒙卡软件模拟分析了Si-PIN的探测灵敏度、线性电流和时间响应。根据理论研究可知,该探测器适用于大注量率、高能轫致辐射光的空间分辨力(3 mm)和时间分辨力(8 ns)的测量。并在理论设计的基础上进行了部分实验,采用小面积PIN硅光电二极管和放大电路,在神龙一号直线感应加速器上进行高能X光的测量,初步得到了PIN硅光电单元的响应结果,为线列小面积PIN光电管阵列的实用设计提供优化基础。     

化学气相沉积金刚石探测器测量软X射线能谱

金刚石具备高热导率、高电阻率、高击穿电场、大的禁带宽度、介电系数小、载流子迁移率高以及抗辐射能力强等特性,可作为已应用于惯性约束聚变(ICF)实验X射线测量的硅与X射线二极管的较好替代品.随着化学气相沉积(CVD)技术的发展,CVD金刚石受到人们越来越多的关注.文中利用拉曼谱仪和X射线衍射仪对1mm×1mm×2mm,1mm×1mm×3mm两种规格CVD金刚石完成品质检测后,完成了CVD金刚石X射线探测器的集成制作,并在8ps激光器和神光III原型装置上开展了探测器时间特性等性能研究.实验结果表明,整个探测器系统前沿响应时间可达60ps,半高全宽可达120ps,与X射线二极管探测系统时间特性一致.在神光Ⅲ原型装置实验中,没有观察到探测器对3ω0激光的响应,说明探测器具有好的抗干扰能力.其测得的温度曲线与软X射线能谱仪测量结果一致,实现了X射线能谱测量的初步应用.     

用于高能X光测量的Si-PIN阵列探测器

设计了用于高能X光测量的小面积PIN硅光电二极管线列探测器,通过理论计算和EGSnrc蒙卡软件模拟分析了Si-PIN的探测灵敏度、线性电流和时间响应。根据理论研究可知,该探测器适用于大注量率、高能轫致辐射光的空间分辨力（3 mm）和时间分辨力（8 ns）的测量。并在理论设计的基础上进行了部分实验,采用小面积PIN硅光电二极管和放大电路,在“神龙一号”直线感应加速器上进行高能X光的测量,初步得到了PIN硅光电单元的响应结果,为线列小面积PIN光电管阵列的实用设计提供优化基础。     

Detection probability of single photons in a slant path atmospheric turbulence communication channel

Using Rytov approximation and modified von Karman spectrum model of the index-of-refraction, the detection probability of single-photon beam propagation in a atmospheric turbulence communication channel is investigated and developed. In this research, the single-photon beam is assumed as a pulse beam which has an initial Gaussian temporal shape of the pulse and a Laguerre-Gaussian fundamental-model spatial distribution. It is found that in order to obtain the messages probability greater than or equal 0.1, we should encode and dispatch 66680 photons in identical information carriers at the transmitting side, and the radius of the detector at the receiving plane must be at least up to 0.4 m when the photons propagate in a turbulent atmosphere communication channel.     

化学气相沉积金刚石探测器测量辐射驱动内爆的硬X射线

金刚石探测器具有响应快、灵敏度高、动态范围大、平响应、击穿电压高、抗辐射等优点, 广泛运用于X射线测量. 利用化学气相沉积方法制备的光学级金刚石, 采用金属-金刚石-金属结构研制了X射线金刚石探测器. 在8ps激光器上的探测器响应性能考核表明, 整个探测器系统的响应时间为444 ps, 上升时间为175 ps, 载流子寿命为285 ps. 将探测器应用于神光Ⅲ原型装置的内爆物理实验硬X射线测量, 分别测量得到以注入黑腔的激光转化为主和靶丸内爆产生为主的硬X射线能流, 测得的峰值信号分别正比于激光总能量和反比于靶丸CH层厚度. 关键词： CVD金刚石探测器 硬X射线 激光能量     

光电探测器相对光谱灵敏度测试方法的研究

本文在全面比较了各类光电器件相对光谱灵敏度S(λ)_r的基础上,设计了用热释电探测器作参考基准,用积分球作单色光辐射接收系统的S(λ)_r测量系统.由于设计上的优点,这一系统大大减少了入射辐射的偏振性,不均匀性,探测器的温漂和杂散辐射等因素带来的误差.     

An efficient surrogate-based method for computing rare failure probability

In this paper, we present an efficient numerical method for evaluating rare failure probability. The method is based on a recently developed surrogate-based method from Li and Xiu [J. Li, D. Xiu, Evaluation of failure probability via surrogate models, J. Comput. Phys. 229 (2010) 8966–8980] for failure probability computation. The method by Li and Xiu is of hybrid nature, in the sense that samples of both the surrogate model and the true physical model are used, and its efficiency gain relies on using only very few samples of the true model. Here we extend the capability of the method to rare probability computation by using the idea of importance sampling (IS). In particular, we employ cross-entropy (CE) method, which is an effective method to determine the biasing distribution in IS. We demonstrate that, by combining with the CE method, a surrogate-based IS algorithm can be constructed and is highly efficient for rare failure probability computation—it incurs much reduced simulation efforts compared to the traditional CE-IS method. In many cases, the new method is capable of capturing failure probability as small as 10⁻¹² ∼ 10⁻⁶ with only several hundreds samples.     

Room temperature single-photon sources based on single colloidal nanocrystals in microcavities

Direct lithography of resist blends, embedding semiconductor colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) is an innovative way to achieve nanopositioning of NCs in quantum-confined optical resonators. In this work, we show a new appealing approach for the fabrication of single-photon sources operating at room temperature by localizing semiconductor colloidal NCs into vertical planar microcavities with lithographic techniques.     

基于后验概率度量的粒子滤波跟踪算法研究

 针对遮挡、光照变化、尺度变化等复杂环境中的视觉跟踪问题,提出一种基于后验概率度量的粒子滤波跟踪算法。由于后验概率指标与Bhattacharyya系数指标相比具有更强的峰值特性,采用后验概率指标作为相似性度量函数,通过粒子的更新、推广、观测、估计等步骤实现跟踪算法。通过对实际视频图像序列进行目标跟踪实验,实验结果表明:传统算法只有约50%的图像能够实现尺度自适应,而本文算法采用传统算法25%的粒子就能够收敛逼近目标的真实轨迹,达到更强的抗遮挡能力,90%以上的图像序列都能够实现良好的尺度自适应效果。     

Triggered single-photon emission and cross-correlation properties in InAlAs quantum dot

Triggered single-photon generation from InAlAs quantum dot (QD) was demonstrated for the first time. Emitted photon energy coincides with high detection efficiency range of Si single-photon detectors, which is highly suitable for free-space communication. Single-QD spectroscopy and crossed photon correlation measurements unambiguously revealed that several emitting lines observed in a single mesa structure originated from the identical QD, and two temporary competing decay processes associated with neutral states and charged states were identified. Presence of the competing process is also inferred from an analysis of steady-state photoluminescence intensities. Formation process of charged exciton in QD is also discussed.     

A calibration-free model for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using non-gated detectors

Calibration-free (CF) laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is normally only applicable for gated detectors due to its dependence on the assumption of a steady-state plasma. However, most currently available LIBS systems are equipped with non-gated detectors such as charge-coupled device (CCD), which degrades the accuracy of CF method. In this paper, the reason for the less satisfactory quantification performance of CF for LIBS with non-gated detectors was clarified and a time-integration calibration-free (TICF) model was proposed for applications with non-gated detectors. It was based on an assumed temporal profile of plasma properties, including temperature and electron density, obtained from another pre-experiment. The line intensity at different time during the signal collection time window was estimated with self-absorption correction according to the temporal profile of the plasma properties. The proposed model was validated on titanium alloys and compared with traditional CF. The accuracy of elemental concentration measurement was improved significantly: the average relative error of aluminum and vanadium decreased from 6.07% and 22.34% to 2.01% and 1.92%, respectively. The quantification results showed that TICF method was able to extend the applicability of CF to LIBS with non-gated detectors.