Quantum efficiency measurements by bidirectional coincidence counting of correlated photon pairs
Optics Letters, Vol. 32, Issue 21, pp. 3176-3178 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.003176
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Abstract
We propose and demonstrate a procedure for characterizing the quantum efficiency of a single-photon detector in the telecommunication wavelength band. Our procedure employs a bidirectional coincidence counting technique to distinguish optical component losses from the detection efficiency. The standard deviations of the measured quantum efficiencies were nearly identical to the standard deviations derived from a detection probability having a Poisson distribution.
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OCIS Codes
(030.5260) Coherence and statistical optics : Photon counting
(040.1880) Detectors : Detection
(120.3940) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Metrology
ToC Category:
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology
History
Original Manuscript: July 11, 2007
Revised Manuscript: September 13, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: September 16, 2007
Published: October 25, 2007
Citation
Satoru Odate, Akio Yoshizawa, Daiji Fukuda, and Hidemi Tsuchida, "Quantum efficiency measurements by bidirectional coincidence counting of correlated photon pairs," Opt. Lett. 32, 3176-3178 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-21-3176
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