We study in this paper the possible influence of vacuum fluctuations on photo detection and its background noise in Bell tests. We analyze its consequences on the standard statistical analysis of data showing that it ...We study in this paper the possible influence of vacuum fluctuations on photo detection and its background noise in Bell tests. We analyze its consequences on the standard statistical analysis of data showing that it is not fulfilled anymore the conventional hypothesis of a Poisson like probability density distribution of single photodetection events. We assume that vacuum fluctuations are due to real and measurable fluctuating fields, as recently confirmed experimentally, and that their non null correlations outside the light cone contribute to photon coincidence rates making them time dependent. We introduce a generalized Bell like correlation function which contains a new term due to supposed vacuum induced photon counting events. We deduce then a generalization of CH-inequality which takes in account the effect of these vacuum electric fields on detector efficiency. We predict an apparatus temperature fluctuations during photon detection which we suggest could be observed by looking for colored noise thermal emission of the photodetectors, generalizing the standard white noise prediction of C.S.L. models on wave function collapse postulate. We discuss an experimental test of this prediction, based on the idea of inducing a thermal wave on the whole quantum detectors, aimed to observe time dependent deviations from standard stationary statistical predictions of Quantum Mechanics.展开更多
通过实验比较研究了基于SNSPD与SPAD探测器的激光测距系统.实验中,当接收回波端衰减120 d B时,天空光背景可忽略,基于SPAD的激光测距系统探测概率低于0.2%,而基于SNSPD的激光测距系统探测概率达35%;当激光发射频率低于1 k Hz,基于SNSPD...通过实验比较研究了基于SNSPD与SPAD探测器的激光测距系统.实验中,当接收回波端衰减120 d B时,天空光背景可忽略,基于SPAD的激光测距系统探测概率低于0.2%,而基于SNSPD的激光测距系统探测概率达35%;当激光发射频率低于1 k Hz,基于SNSPD的激光测距系统探测概率比SPAD高60%以上.研究表明:在探测弱信号回波光子时,SNSPD的探测性能远远优于SPAD,其原因是SNSPD具有较低的暗计数和高探测概率.与此同时,在接收端无衰减情况下,天空光背景会带来暗计数,影响测距系统信噪比.通过仿真分析表明,当背景亮度L0高于30 W/(m^2·sr)时,该基于SNSPD的激光测距系统的信噪比低于6,可能影响测距系统稳定探测.展开更多
针对现有单光子探测器模块价格昂贵和体积大的不足,设计了基于In Ga As/In P雪崩光电二极管(APD)的便携式单光子探测器,给出了探测器温控模块和偏置电压源的设计电路,门控信号的产生和雪崩信号的提取由FPGA完成。实验结果表明:在200 MH...针对现有单光子探测器模块价格昂贵和体积大的不足,设计了基于In Ga As/In P雪崩光电二极管(APD)的便携式单光子探测器,给出了探测器温控模块和偏置电压源的设计电路,门控信号的产生和雪崩信号的提取由FPGA完成。实验结果表明:在200 MHz门控条件且制冷温度为-55℃时,探测器的最大光子探测效率(PDE)约为16%,当探测效率为12%时,暗计数率(DCR)约为8.2×10-6/ns。展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(62174166,11991063,U2241219)Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(2019SHZDZX01,22JC1402902)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB43010200)。
文摘We study in this paper the possible influence of vacuum fluctuations on photo detection and its background noise in Bell tests. We analyze its consequences on the standard statistical analysis of data showing that it is not fulfilled anymore the conventional hypothesis of a Poisson like probability density distribution of single photodetection events. We assume that vacuum fluctuations are due to real and measurable fluctuating fields, as recently confirmed experimentally, and that their non null correlations outside the light cone contribute to photon coincidence rates making them time dependent. We introduce a generalized Bell like correlation function which contains a new term due to supposed vacuum induced photon counting events. We deduce then a generalization of CH-inequality which takes in account the effect of these vacuum electric fields on detector efficiency. We predict an apparatus temperature fluctuations during photon detection which we suggest could be observed by looking for colored noise thermal emission of the photodetectors, generalizing the standard white noise prediction of C.S.L. models on wave function collapse postulate. We discuss an experimental test of this prediction, based on the idea of inducing a thermal wave on the whole quantum detectors, aimed to observe time dependent deviations from standard stationary statistical predictions of Quantum Mechanics.
文摘通过实验比较研究了基于SNSPD与SPAD探测器的激光测距系统.实验中,当接收回波端衰减120 d B时,天空光背景可忽略,基于SPAD的激光测距系统探测概率低于0.2%,而基于SNSPD的激光测距系统探测概率达35%;当激光发射频率低于1 k Hz,基于SNSPD的激光测距系统探测概率比SPAD高60%以上.研究表明:在探测弱信号回波光子时,SNSPD的探测性能远远优于SPAD,其原因是SNSPD具有较低的暗计数和高探测概率.与此同时,在接收端无衰减情况下,天空光背景会带来暗计数,影响测距系统信噪比.通过仿真分析表明,当背景亮度L0高于30 W/(m^2·sr)时,该基于SNSPD的激光测距系统的信噪比低于6,可能影响测距系统稳定探测.
文摘针对现有单光子探测器模块价格昂贵和体积大的不足,设计了基于In Ga As/In P雪崩光电二极管(APD)的便携式单光子探测器,给出了探测器温控模块和偏置电压源的设计电路,门控信号的产生和雪崩信号的提取由FPGA完成。实验结果表明:在200 MHz门控条件且制冷温度为-55℃时,探测器的最大光子探测效率(PDE)约为16%,当探测效率为12%时,暗计数率(DCR)约为8.2×10-6/ns。