Two-photon fluorescence excitation cross sections of biomolecular probes from 690 to 960 nm

MA Albota, C Xu, WW Webb - Applied optics, 1998 - opg.optica.org
We report on two-photon fluorescence excitation (TPE) action cross sections for five widely
used molecular fluorophores. Measurements were performed by use of ultrashort (∼100-fs) Ti…

Efficient single-photon counting at 1.55 µm by means of frequency upconversion

MA Albota, FNC Wong - Optics letters, 2004 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate efficient single-photon detection at 1.55 µm by means of sum-frequency
mixing with a strong pump at 1.064 µm in periodically poled lithium niobate followed by photon …

Three-dimensional imaging laser radar with a photon-counting avalanche photodiode array and microchip laser

MA Albota, RM Heinrichs, DG Kocher, DG Fouche… - Applied …, 2002 - opg.optica.org
We have developed a three-dimensional imaging laser radar featuring 3-cm range resolution
and single-photon sensitivity. This prototype direct-detection laser radar employs compact, …

[PDF][PDF] Three-dimensional imaging laser radars with Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays

MA Albota, BF Aull, DG Fouche… - Lincoln Laboratory …, 2002 - ridl.cis.rit.edu
■ Lincoln Laboratory is developing three-dimensional (3D) imaging laser radars (ladars)
that feature few-centimeter range resolution, thousands of pixels, and capture of an entire 3D …

Two-photon coincident-frequency entanglement via extended phase matching

O Kuzucu, M Fiorentino, MA Albota, FNC Wong… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
We demonstrate a new class of frequency-entangled states generated via spontaneous
parametric down-conversion under extended phase-matching conditions. Biphoton …

Three-dimensional laser radar with APD arrays

…, T Stephens, ME O'Brien, MA Albota - … and Applications VI, 2001 - spiedigitallibrary.org
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is actively developing laser and detector technologies that make it
possible to build a 3D laser radar with several attractive features, including capture of an …

Efficient and spectrally bright source of polarization-entangled photons

F König, EJ Mason, FNC Wong, MA Albota - Physical review A, 2005 - APS
We demonstrate an efficient fiber-coupled source of nondegenerate polarization-entangled
photons at 795 and 1609 nm using bidirectionally pumped parametric down-conversion in …

[PDF][PDF] Optimal rebalancing for institutional portfolios

…, A Fan, L Chen, T Schouwenaars, MA Albota - Journal of Portfolio …, 2006 - Citeseer
Once a manager determines a target portfolio, maintaining this balance of assets is non-trivial.
A manager must rebalance actively because different asset classes can exhibit different …

Three-dimensional imaging with arrays of Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes

…, RM Marino, DG Fouche, MA Albota… - Semiconductor …, 2004 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Lincoln Laboratory has developed 32 x 32-pixel ladar focal planes comprising silicon geiger-mode
avalanche photodiodes and high-speed all-digital CMOS timing circuitry in each pixel…

Polarization-independent frequency conversion for quantum optical communication

MA Albota, FNC Wong, JH Shapiro - JOSA B, 2006 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate upconversion from 1.56 to 0.633 μm that preserves the polarization state of
an arbitrarily polarized input. The upconverter uses bidirectional sum-frequency generation …