Analysis of the possibility of analog detectors calibration by exploiting stimulated parametric down conversion

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 12550-12558

  Brida, Giorgio ^a   Chekhova, Maria ^b   Genovese, Marco ^a   Ruo Berchera, Ivano ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; PHOTONS;

ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION; HIGH GAIN; PARAMETRIC DOWN CONVERSION; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; PHOTON FLUX; SPONTANEOUS PARAMETRIC DOWN CONVERSION;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EUROPE; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 50049122417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012550     Document Type: Article

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