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We demonstrate multiphoton discrimination at telecom wavelength with the readout frequency of 40 Hz by charge integration photon detector (CIPD). The CIPD consists of an InGaAs pin photodiode and a GaAs junction field effect transistor as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Mikio Fujiwara , Masahide Sasaki

Superconducting-nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) have enabled the realization of several quantum optics technologies thanks to their high detection efficiency, low dark-counts, and fast recovery time. However, the widespread use of…

A number of applications in basic science and technology would benefit from high fidelity photon number resolving photodetectors. While some recent experimental progress has been made in this direction, the requirements for true photon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-21 Steve M. Young , Mohan Sarovar , François Léonard

Photon counting is a fundamental component in quantum optics and quantum information. However, implementing ideal photon-number-resolving (PNR) detectors remains experimentally challenging. Multiplexed PNR detection offers a scalable and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Xiaobin Zhao , Hezheng Qin , Hong X. Tang , Linran Fan , Quntao Zhuang

We characterize the practical photon-counting receiver in optical scattering communication with finite sampling rate and electrical noise. In the receiver side, the detected signal can be characterized as a series of pulses generated by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-14 Difan Zou , Chen Gong , Zhengyuan Xu

This paper reports a novel single mode source of narrow-band entangled photon pairs at telecom wavelengths under continuous wave excitation, based on parametric down conversion. For only 7 mW of pump power it has a created spectral radiance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-19 Matthaeus Halder , Alexios Beveratos , Rob T Thew , Corentin Jorel , Hugo Zbinden , Nicolas Gisin

High-efficiency optical detectors that can determine the number of photons in a pulse of monochromatic light have applications in a variety of physics studies, including post-selection-based entanglement protocols for linear optics quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Danna Rosenberg , Adriana E. Lita , Aaron J. Miller , Sae Woo Nam

Quantum network facilitates the secure transmission of information between different users. Establishing communication links among multiple users in a scalable and efficient way is important for realizing a large-scale quantum network. Here…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-07 Wenjun Wen , Zhiyu Chen , Liangliang Lu , Wenhan Yan , Wenyi Xue , Peiyu Zhang , Yanqing Lu , Shining Zhu , Xiao-song Ma

We present the characterization of a photon-number-resolving detection chain based on Silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) coupled to a 14 bit, 1 Gs\s digital acquisition system embedding an FPGA-based signal processing pipeline that performs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 Alex Pozzoli , Stefano Carsi , Andrea Abba , Alessia Allevi

The availability of inexpensive devices allows nowadays to implement cognitive radio functionalities in large-scale networks such as the internet-of-things and future mobile cellular systems. In this paper, we focus on wideband spectrum…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-01 Andrea Mariani , Andrea Giorgetti , Marco Chiani

We demonstrate channel selective 0.1-Gb/s photo-receiver operation at telecom wavelength using a silicon high-Q photonic crystal nanocavity with a laterally integrated p-i-n diode. Due to the good crystal property of silicon the measured…

Photon number-resolving detectors (PNRDs) are the ultimate optical sensors. Superconducting-nanostrip photon detectors (SNSPDs), traditionally known as ON-OFF detectors, have recently been found to have photon number resolving capability…

We show that data from homodyne-like detection based on photon-number-resolving (PNR) detectors may be effectively exploited to reconstruct quantum states of light using the tomographic reconstruction techniques originally developed for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-03 Stefano Olivares , Alessia Allevi , Giovanni Caiazzo , Matteo G. A. Paris , Maria Bondani

Advances in quantum technologies are accelerating the demand for optical quantum state sensors that combine high precision, versatility, and scalability within a unified hardware platform. Quantum reservoir computing offers a powerful route…

We present, characterize, and apply a photonic quantum interface between the near infrared and telecom spectral regions. A singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO) operated below threshold, in combination with external filters,…

Discrimination of coherent states beyond the standard quantum limit (SQL) is an important tasknot only for quantum information processing but also for optical coherent communication. In orderto optimize long distance optical fiber networks,…

Signal photons emitted by quantum nodes typically fall outside the low-loss telecom window of optical fibers, leading to severe transmission losses. Quantum frequency conversion (QFC) offers an effective optical interface that bridges…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Zhichuan Liao , Ao Shen , Lai Zhou , Nan Jiang , Zhiliang Yuan

Single-photon detectors are ubiquitous in quantum information science and quantum sensing. They are key enabling technologies for numerous scientific discoveries and fundamental tests of quantum optics. Photon-number-revolving detectors are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-29 Risheng Cheng , Yiyu Zhou , Sihao Wang , Mohan Shen , Towsif Taher , Hong X. Tang

We measure the nonlinearity of a telecom-wavelength superconducting nanowire single-photon detector via incoherent beam combination. At typical photon count rates and detector bias current, the observed relative deviation from a perfectly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-19 Patrick Mark , Sebastian Gstir , Julian Münzberg , Gregor Weihs , Robert Keil

Quantum sensing using Rydberg atoms offers unprecedented opportunities for next-generation radar systems, transcending classical limitations in miniaturization and spectral agility. Implementing this paradigm for radar sensing, this work…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 Minze Chen , Tianqi Mao , Zhiao Zhu , Haonan Feng , Ge Gao , Zhonghuai Wu , Wei Xiao , Zhongxiang Li , Dezhi Zheng