Quantum efficiency evaluation method for gated-mode single-photon detector

Electronics Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 1468-1469

  Yoshizawa, A ^a   Kaji, R ^a   Tsuchida, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0037038591     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20020892     Document Type: Article

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