Bidimensional measurements of photon statistics within a multimodal temporal framework

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.11403v1
• Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:30:03 GMT
• Title: Bidimensional measurements of photon statistics within a multimodal temporal framework
• Authors: C. Hainaut, K. Ouahrouche, A. Rancon, G. Patera, C. Ouarkoub, M. Le Parquier, P. Suret, A. Amo,
• Abstract summary: We show that our platform can discriminate between coherent and thermal photon statistics across two spatial dimensions with picosecond resolution.<n>At the same time, we find that the retrieved distributions deviate from the ideal ones, a consequence of vacuum contamination.<n>This establishes a robust approach for measuring two-dimensional photon statistics while clarifying the fundamental factors that limit the fidelity of such measurements.
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• Abstract: Ultrafast imaging of photon statistics in two dimensions is a powerful tool for probing non-equilibrium and transient optical phenomena, yet it remains experimentally challenging due to the simultaneous need for high temporal resolution and statistical fidelity. In this work, we demonstrate spatially resolved single-shot measurements of photon number distributions using difference-frequency generation (DFG) in a nonlinear BBO crystal. We show that our platform can discriminate between coherent and thermal photon statistics across two spatial dimensions with picosecond resolution. At the same time, we find that the retrieved distributions deviate from the ideal ones, a consequence of vacuum contamination and the multimodal response of the amplifier. To explain this, we develop a temporal mode decomposition framework that captures the essential physics of signal amplification and fluorescence, and quantitatively reproduces the experimental findings. This establishes a robust approach for measuring two-dimensional photon statistics while clarifying the fundamental factors that limit the fidelity of such measurements.

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