Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2006-06-06
Appl. Opt. 45, 6059 (2006)
Physics
Quantum Physics
6 pages, 1 figure, journal reference added
Scientific paper
10.1364/AO.45.006059
We present two methods for determining the absolute detection efficiency of photon-counting detectors directly from their singles rates under illumination from a nonclassical light source. One method is based on a continuous variable analogue to coincidence counting in discrete photon experiments, but does not actually rely on high detector time resolutions. The second method is based on difference detection which is a typical detection scheme in continuous variable quantum optics experiments. Since no coincidence detection is required with either method, they are useful for detection efficiency measurements of photo detectors with detector time resolutions far too low to resolve coincidence events.
Kofler Johannes
Lindenthal Michael
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