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The long-wavelength infrared band exhibits significant utility in thermal signature acquisition, molecular spectral analysis, and other applications. The up-conversion detection technique enables effective signal transduction into the detection bandwidth of silicon-based photodetectors, facilitating high-sensitivity photodetection. We demonstrate high-resolution up-conversion imaging for incoherent thermal targets in the $10$-$\text{\ensuremath{\mu}}\mathrm{m}$ spectral regime. Furthermore, this work presents a derivation of analytical models characterizing depth of field and astigmatic aberration in up-conversion imaging systems, which show good agreement between theoretical and experimental results. The results demonstrate generalization to various up-conversion imaging systems, providing critical insights for their design and optimization.
Authors
- Xiao-Hua Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6846-6694)
- Zhi‐Yuan Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7818-3714)
- Zhao-Qi-Zhi Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5025-0716)
- Zhenghe Zhou
- Yin‐Hai Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1687-5595)
- Bowen Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3786-6654)
- Jinpeng Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0633-6184)
- Bao-Sen Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5641-6190)
- He Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6630-1386)
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- QuantumCTek (China) (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Applied
- Published
- 2025-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/fb93-8djl
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Terahertz technology and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.73