Experimental multi-photon-resolving detector using a single avalanche photodiode

Authors: Haderka, O.¹; Hamar, M.²; Jr, J.³

Source: The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Volume 28, Number 1, January 2004 , pp. 149-154(6)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

A multichannel detector has been constructed using a single avalanche photodiode and a fiber-loop delay line. Detection probabilities of the channels can be set using a variable-ratio coupler. The performance of the detector is demonstrated on its capability to distinguish multi-photon states (containing two or more photons) from the one-photon state and the vacuum state.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00287-1

Affiliations: 1: Joint Laboratory of Optics, Palacký University and Institute of Physics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 17. listopadu 50, 772 07, Olomouc, Czech Republic, Email: haderka@sloup.upol.cz 2: Department of Optics, Palacký University, 17. listopadu 50, 772 07, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 3: Joint Laboratory of Optics, Palacký University and Institute of Physics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 17. listopadu 50, 772 07, Olomouc, Czech Republic,

Publication date: 2004-01-01