Low optical power reference detector implemented in the validation of two independent techniques for calibrating photoncounting detectors

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 20347-20363

  Cheung, Jessica Y ^a   Chunnilall, Christopher J ^a   Porrovecchio, Geiland ^b   Smid, Marek ^b   Theocharous, Evangelos ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CZECH METROLOGY INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; SILICON DETECTORS;

CALIBRATION STANDARD; CORRELATED PHOTONS; CRYOGENIC RADIOMETERS; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATION TIME; NEAR-IR; OPTICAL POWER; OPTICAL SPECTRA; OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; PARAMETRIC DOWN-CONVERSION; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON FLUX; PHOTON-COUNTING REGIME; PRIMARY STANDARDS; SILICON PHOTODIODE; TRAP DETECTORS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 80053980543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.020347     Document Type: Article

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