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Multiphoton detection using visible light photon counter

Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 902 (1999); doi:10.1063/1.123404

Issue Date: 15 February 1999

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Jungsang Kim, Shigeki Takeuchi, and Yoshihisa Yamamoto
ERATO Quantum Fluctuation Project, E. L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Henry H. Hogue
Research and Technology Center, Boeing North American, Anaheim, California 92803
Visible light photon counters feature noise-free avalanche multiplication and narrow pulse height distribution for single photon detection events. Such a well-defined pulse height distribution for a single photon detection event, combined with the fact that the avalanche multiplication is confined to a small area of the whole detector, opens up the possibility for the simultaneous detection of two photons. In this letter, we investigated this capability using twin photons generated by parametric down conversion, and present a high quantum efficiency (~ 47%) detection of two photons with good time resolution (~ 2 ns), which can be distinguished from a single-photon incidence with a small bit-error rate (~ 0.63%). ©1999 American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 14 September 1998; accepted 8 December 1998
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 07.60.Dq
    Instruments, apparatus, components, and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy Optical instruments, equipment, and techniques Photometers, radiometers, and colorimeters
  • 85.60.Gz
    Electronic and magnetic devices; microelectronics Optoelectronic devices Photodetectors (including infrared and CCD detectors)
  • 85.60.Dw
    Electronic and magnetic devices; microelectronics Optoelectronic devices Photodiodes; phototransistors; photoresistors
  • 42.50.Ar
    Optics Quantum optics Photon statistics and coherence theory
  • YEAR: 1999

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