Wide-field mid-infrared single-photon upconversion imaging

K Huang, J Fang, M Yan, E Wu, H Zeng - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Frequency upconversion technique, where the infrared signal is nonlinearly translated into
the visible band to leverage the silicon sensors, offers a promising alternation for the mid …

Nonlinear interferometer for Fourier-transform mid-infrared gas spectroscopy using near-infrared detection

C Lindner, J Kunz, SJ Herr, S Wolf, J Kießling… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Nonlinear interferometers allow for mid-infrared spectroscopy with near-infrared detection
using correlated photons. Previous implementations have demonstrated a spectral …

High‐Speed Mid‐Infrared Single‐Photon Upconversion Spectrometer

T Zheng, K Huang, B Sun, J Fang, Y Chu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sensitive and fast mid‐infrared (MIR) spectroscopy is highly attractive in a variety of
applications including astronomical observation, pharmaceutical synthesis, and …

Accurate characterization of mixed plastic waste using machine learning and fast infrared spectroscopy

S Zinchik, S Jiang, S Friis, F Long… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We present a combination of convolutional neural network (CNN) framework and fast MIR
(mid-infrared spectroscopy) for classifying different types of dark plastic materials that are …

Mid-infrared single-photon upconversion spectroscopy enabled by nonlocal wavelength-to-time mapping

Y Cai, Y Chen, K Dorfman, X Xin, X Wang, K Huang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Ultrasensitive spectroscopy is an essential component in mid-infrared (MIR) technology.
However, the drawbacks of MIR detectors pose challenges to robust MIR spectroscopy at …

Mid-infrared single-photon upconversion spectroscopy based on temporal-spectral quantum correlation

Y Cai, Y Chen, X Xin, K Huang, E Wu - Photonics Research, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Promoting the sensitivity of mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy to the single-photon level is a
critical need for investigating photosensitive biological samples and chemical reactions. MIR …

Online characterization of mixed plastic waste using machine learning and mid-infrared spectroscopy

F Long, S Jiang, AG Adekunle… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To recycle the mixed plastic wastes (MPW), it is important to obtain the compositional
information online in real time. We present a sensing framework based on a convolutional …

Midinfrared up-conversion imaging under different illumination conditions

Z Ge, Z Han, Y Liu, X Wang, Z Zhou, F Yang, Y Li… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Converting the medium-emitting infrared field to the visible band is an effective image-
detection method. We propose a comprehensive theory of image up-conversion under …

Robust plastic waste classification using wavelet transform multi-resolution analysis and convolutional neural networks

F Long, S Jiang, E Bar-Ziv, VM Zavala - Computers & Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIR) using photon up-conversion provides advantages over
near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) for plastic waste recycling, including comparable data …

Room‐Temperature, High‐SNR Upconversion Spectrometer in the 6–12 µm Region

PJ Rodrigo, L Høgstedt, SMM Friis… - Laser & Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Mid‐infrared (MIR) spectroscopy, which has important applications in medicine,
environmental monitoring, materials, and food science, is widely performed using Fourier …