Research Investigation Directed Toward Extending the Useful Range of the Electromagnetic Spectrum.

Abstract

The usual semiclassical theory of light detection has been demonstrated to be valid only in the absence of feedback from detector to source. A revised theory has been developed that is valid even in the presence of such feedback. Research has begun on the possibility of using various heterostructures (including quantum-well devices) that might serve as solid-state versions of the space-charge-limited Franck-Hertz experiment (this experiment produced the first source of cw photon-number-squeezed light, reported in 1985). Keywords: Photon, Number squeezed light, Theory, Light detection, Excess, Noise factor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1987
Accession Number
ADA190198

Entities

People

  • George W. Flynn
  • Richard M. Osgood, Jr.

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Communication Systems
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Energy Bands
  • Frequency Combs
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Diodes
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Materials Science
  • Metal-Semiconductor Junctions
  • Optics
  • Power Electronics
  • Semiconductors
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing
  • Space