Absolute detector calibration using twin beams

Jan Perina; Ondrej Haderka; Vaclav Michalek; Martin Hamar

doi:10.1364/OL.37.002475

Absolute detector calibration using twin beams

Quantum Physics 2015-06-05 v1

Authors: Jan Perina , Ondrej Haderka , Vaclav Michalek , Martin Hamar

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Abstract

A method for the determination of absolute quantum detection efficiency is suggested based on the measurement of photocount statistics of twin beams. The measured histograms of joint signal-idler photocount statistics allow to eliminate an additional noise superimposed on an ideal calibration field composed of only photon pairs. This makes the method superior above other approaches presently used. Twin beams are described using a paired variant of quantum superposition of signal and noise.

Keywords

quantum optics quantum sensing and metrology quantum measurement

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@article{arxiv.1205.1969,
  title  = {Absolute detector calibration using twin beams},
  author = {Jan Perina and Ondrej Haderka and Vaclav Michalek and Martin Hamar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.1969},
  year   = {2015}
}

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3 pages, 2 figures

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