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THALES RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FRANCE This document and any data included are the property of THALES. They cannot be reproduced, disclosed or used without THALES' prior written approval. ©THALES Modèle trtco V Power detection  tot =  N *(1+ p) is a quantum limited detector if: shot noise >>additive noise Example of microbolometer: NETD=50 mK on 2500µm² NEP =.75 nW NEW =30 pJ = photons The pump must be nearly 1 Joule per pixel!! Example of CMOS addressed photodiode: reading noise = 1000 electrons N >> 1 million photons = 0.01 pJ

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THALES RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FRANCE This document and any data included are the property of THALES. They cannot be reproduced, disclosed or used without THALES' prior written approval. ©THALES Modèle trtco V signal pump Faint correlation Let us normalize the pump to unity: each output gives a signal: s1=s2=  p cos  where p is the population of a mode  is a random phase The correlation of the two outputs: S= s1*s2 = p is to be compared to the unity noise One needs N>>1/p² samples to overcome the noise

THALES RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FRANCE This document and any data included are the property of THALES. They cannot be reproduced, disclosed or used without THALES' prior written approval. ©THALES Modèle trtco V An astronomic example 2 telescopes make an observation at 100 light-years The resolution of each is 1µRd i.e. 10 a.u./pixel is chosen such that p~  ( =5 peak ) Cross section of the star is 1/ of a pixel Light from a planet is 1/ of the star At 1000 billion samples/second: the star generates correlation within 1s the planet can be seen within days

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THALES RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FRANCE This document and any data included are the property of THALES. They cannot be reproduced, disclosed or used without THALES' prior written approval. ©THALES Modèle trtco V Conclusions Modern infrared detectors (InP, QWIP) have a bandwidth which allows the analysis of a significant part of optical spectrum. Optical heterodyne power detection has the same theoretical limit as quantum limited detector but will find application only where detailed analysis of optical spectrum is needed. Heterodyne detector is cheap: multichannel structure is possible Phase and amplitude detection generates a non material link between remote telescopes. The number of correlation function varies as the square of detecting sites. Computer correlation allow image formation with “a posteriori” phase correction. There is a need for information link/storage in the peta/exa byte range