Real-time characterization of gated-mode single-photon detectors

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1251-1256

  Da Silva, Thiago Ferreira ^a,b   Xavier, Guilherme B ^c   Von Der Weid, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Afterpulsing probability; avalanche photodiodes; detector characterization; quantum cryptography; single photon detection

Indexed keywords

AFTERPULSING PROBABILITY; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; DARK-COUNT PROBABILITY; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; GATED MODE; REAL-TIME APPLICATION; RUNNING-IN; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING MODULE; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ENSEMBLES;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; CHARACTERIZATION; DETECTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE BEAMS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

PHOTONS;

EID: 80051886736     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2011.2163622     Document Type: Article

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