Single photon source characterization with a superconducting single photon detector

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 10846-10864

  Hadfield, Robert H ^a   Stevens, Martin J ^a   Gruber, Steven S ^a   Miller, Aaron J ^b   Schwall, Robert E ^a   Mirin, Richard P ^a   Nam, Sae Woo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; INTERFEROMETERS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE (APD); SECOND-ORDER CORRELATION FUNCTION; SUPERCONDUCTING DETECTOR SYSTEM;

PHOTONS;

EID: 29244443943     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.010846     Document Type: Article

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