Ultrahigh-sensitivity medium-long-wave infrared imaging method and system operating at normal temperature

A long-wave infrared, imaging system technology, applied in measurement devices, material analysis by optical means, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of large dark current of detectors, difficult to meet the ultra-sensitive detection of medium and long-wave infrared, and achieve great application value, Simple structure and good reliability

CN110108657AInactive Publication Date: 2019-08-09XI'AN INST OF OPTICS & FINE MECHANICS - CHINESE ACAD OF SCI
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2019-08-09
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The invention provides an ultrahigh-sensitivity medium-long-wave infrared imaging method and system operating at the normal temperature so as to solve the technical problem that in an existing mainstream medium-long-wave infrared imaging technology, a detector has a large dark current, and consequently medium-long-wave infrared ultra-sensitive detection is difficult to meet. The ultrahigh-sensitivity medium-long-wave infrared imaging method comprises the following steps: (1) a medium-long-wave infrared image is subjected to frequency conversion and enhancement through pump light output by a pump source so as to obtain a high-frequency near-infrared image, wherein the pump light output by the pump source generates near-infrared resonance coherent light, and the medium-long-wave infrared image and the near-infrared resonance coherent light generate the second-order nonlinear effect to conduct frequency conversion and enhancement on the medium-long-wave infrared image; (2) the high-frequency near-infrared image is collected and analyzed, and optical information of the high-frequency near-infrared image is obtained and comprises spectral intensity distribution and a wavefront phase; and (3) the optical information of the high-frequency near-infrared image is converted to obtain enhanced medium-long-wave infrared image information.
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[0001] The invention belongs to optical imaging technology, and in particular relates to an ultra-high-sensitivity medium-long-wave infrared imaging method and an imaging system operated at normal temperature. Background technique

[0002] Since the photon energy of the medium and long-wave infrared corresponds to the molecular vibration-rotation transition energy level, and the number and position of the peaks of the absorption or transmission spectrum, as well as the intensity distribution of the spectrum can reflect the characteristics of the molecular structure of the substance, so the medium and long-wave infrared is used for identification. The composition of matter has great academic value and application potential in the field of spectroscopy. Mid- and long-wave infrared absorb much more seriously than scattering during atmospheric transmission. There are mainly two atmospheric windows of discrete frequency bands of 3-5 μm and 8-14 μm. At the same tim...

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[0048] The content of the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0049] Since the avalanche photodiode of InGaAs / InP in the near-infrared band has the detection capability of single photon counting and photon number resolution, the present invention proposes to convert the mid-infrared light spectrum and intensity signal "one-to-one" to In the near-infrared band, devices with near-infrared single-photon detection capabilities are used for detection and imaging, which overcomes the sensitivity limitations of current mid-infrared band imaging devices and improves the detection sensitivity of mid- and long-wave infrared incoherent signals to that of traditional mid-infrared band imaging equipment. 10 3 Above, it has great application potential and applications in the fields of multi-spectral imaging detection, high-sensitivity and high-resolution lidar, weak light signal detection, opti...