Title :
An improved method for photon-number discrimination for transition-edge sensors
Author :
Glebov, Boris L. ; Jingyun Fan ; Migdall, Alan L. ; Lita, A.E. ; Sae Woo Nam ; Gerrits, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Abstract :
Proposed discrimination of photon numbers is based on sum-squared error between an individual detector response curve and a calibration suite of response templates corresponding to a range of photon numbers. Templates for low numbers are obtained directly from data. Templates for higher photon numbers are extrapolated from fits describing incremental differences between successive low-number response templates.
Keywords :
calibration; extrapolation; optical sensors; quantum optics; calibration; extrapolation; individual detector response curve; photon-number discrimination; response templates; sum-squared error; transition-edge sensors; Calibration; Detectors; Energy resolution; Noise; Photonics; Statistical distributions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
