Preamplified photodetectors for high-fidelity postselecting optical devices

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Jeffers, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY;

PHASE-INSENSITIVE; PHOTON NUMBER DETECTION; PREAMPLIFIED PHOTODETECTORS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 33846625203     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.012335     Document Type: Article

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