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Molecular Platform for Frequency Upconversion at the Single-Photon Level

Roelli, Philippe  
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Martin-Cano, Diego
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Kippenberg, Tobias J.  
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September 14, 2020
Physical Review X (PRX)

Direct detection of single photons at wavelengths beyond 2 mu m under ambient conditions remains an outstanding technological challenge. One promising approach is frequency upconversion into the visible (VIS) or near-infrared (NIR) domain, where single-photon detectors are readily available. Here, we propose a nanoscale solution based on a molecular optomechanical platform to up-convert photons from the far- and mid-infrared (covering part of the terahertz gap) into the VIS-NIR domain. We perform a detailed analysis of its outgoing noise spectral density and conversion efficiency with a full quantum model. Our platform consists in doubly resonant nanoantennas focusing both the incoming long-wavelength radiation and the short-wavelength pump laser field into the same active region. There, infrared active vibrational modes are resonantly excited and couple through their Raman polarizability to the pump field. This optomechanical interaction is enhanced by the antenna and leads to the coherent transfer of the incoming low-frequency signal onto the anti-Stokes sideband of the pump laser. Our calculations demonstrate that our scheme is realizable with current technology and that optimized platforms can reach single-photon sensitivity in a spectral region where this capability remains unavailable to date.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevX.10.031057
Web of Science ID

WOS:000568998400001

Author(s)
Roelli, Philippe  
Martin-Cano, Diego
Kippenberg, Tobias J.  
Galland, Christophe  
Date Issued

2020-09-14

Publisher

American Physical Society

Published in
Physical Review X (PRX)
Volume

10

Issue

3

Article Number

031057

Subjects

Physics, Multidisciplinary

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Physics

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cavity optomechanics

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microwave

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radiation

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