Title :
Direct measurement of the dependence of the photon-number distribution on the number of modes in parametric down-conversion
Author :
Dovrat, L. ; Bakstein, M. ; Istrati, D. ; Shaham, A. ; Eisenberg, H.S.
Author_Institution :
Racah Inst. of Phys., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
The dependence of the photon-number distribution from parametric down-conversion on the number of collected modes is directly measured using Silicon Photomultiplier number-resolving detectors. Measurements are analyzed using a novel crosstalk model.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical crosstalk; photodetectors; photomultipliers; quantum optics; silicon; Si; collected modes; crosstalk model; direct measurement; parametric down-conversion; photon-number distribution; silicon photomultiplier number-resolving detectors; Crosstalk; Crystals; Detectors; Loss measurement; Optical crosstalk; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
