Approaches to single photon detection

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 610, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-19

  Thew, R T ^a   Curtz, N ^a   Eraerds, P ^a   Walenta, N ^a   Gautier, J D ^a   Koller, E ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Gisin, N ^a   Zbinden, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Metrology; OTDR; Quantum communication; Quantum key distribution; Quantum random number generators; Silicon photomultiplier; Single photon detection; Superconducting detector; Up conversion

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; SUPERCONDUCTING DETECTOR; UP-CONVERSION;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; NUMBER THEORY; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; SILICON DETECTORS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

DETECTORS;

EID: 71749106909     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.031     Document Type: Article

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