Ultra low-noise differential ac-coupled photodetector for sensitive pulse detection applications

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Windpassinger, Patrick J ^a,c   Kubasik, Marcin ^b,d   Koschorreck, Marco ^b   Boisen, Axel ^a   Kjærgaard, Niels ^a   Polzik, Eugene S ^a   Müller, Jörg Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical noise; Optical detectors; Quantum noise

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION DETECTORS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM NOISE;

ATOMIC ENSEMBLE; CLASSICAL CORRELATION; CORRELATED SAMPLING; ELECTRICAL NOISE; EQUIVALENT NOISE CHARGES; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL DETECTORS; ULTRA LOW NOISE;

SHOT NOISE;

EID: 70349319851     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/5/055301     Document Type: Article

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