Observing thermal lensing with quantum light
Quantum Physics
2023-08-07 v1 Chemical Physics
Optics
Abstract
The introduction of quantum methods in spectroscopy can provide enhanced performance and technical advantages in the management of noise. We investigate the application of quantum illumination in a pump and probe experiment. Thermal lensing in a suspension of gold nanorods is explored using a classical beam as the pump and the emission from parametric downconversion as the probe. We obtain an insightful description of the behaviour of the suspension under pumping with a method known to provide good noise rejection. Our findings are a further step towards investigating effects of quantum light in complex plasmonic media.
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@article{arxiv.2308.02320,
title = {Observing thermal lensing with quantum light},
author = {Marco Barbieri and Iole Venditti and Chiara Battocchio and Vincenzo Berardi and Fabio Bruni and Ilaria Gianani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.02320},
year = {2023}
}