Crosstalk calibration of multi-pixel photon counters using coherent states

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 5044-5051

  Kalashnikov, Dmitry A ^a   Tan, Si Hui ^a   Krivitsky, Leonid A ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; PHOTONS; PIXELS;

COHERENT STATE; DARK NOISE; INTENSITY CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; MULTI-PIXEL PHOTON COUNTERS; SECOND ORDERS; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TRADITIONAL CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTON;

ARTIFACTS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTONS;

EID: 84857575309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.005044     Document Type: Article

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