Efficient photon number detection with silicon avalanche photodiodes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Thomas, O ^a   Yuan, Z L ^a   Dynes, J F ^a   Sharpe, A W ^a   Shields, A J ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED PHOTONS; DARK-COUNT PROBABILITY; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL PULSE; OPTICAL QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHOTON NUMBERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILICON AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; SINGLE-SHOT; SUBNANOSECOND; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; DATA PROCESSING; DETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; QUANTUM OPTICS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 77956220486     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3464556     Document Type: Article

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