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

Optics Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1449-1451

  Albota, Marius A ^a   Wong, Franco N C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (APD); FREQUENCY UPCONVERSION; PHOTON DETECTION; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING;

CAVITY RESONATORS; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 3142664190     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.29.001449     Document Type: Article

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