DocumentCode
1769764
Title
Experimental realization of a photon-number-resolving homodyne detector
Author
Duan Huang ; Erhu Han ; Weiqi Liu ; Dakai Lin ; Chao Wang ; Peng Huang ; Guihua Zeng
Author_Institution
State Key Lab. of Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., Shanghai, China
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate a photon-number-resolving homodyne detector based on InGaAs PIN photodiodes with active phase compensation. Our detector preserves the capable of detecting single photon and allows 20 photons to be precisely discriminated.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; compensation; gallium arsenide; homodyne detection; indium compounds; p-i-n photodiodes; photodetectors; photon counting; InGaAs; PIN photodiodes; active phase compensation; cooling balanced homodyne measurement; photon-number-resolving homodyne detector; single photon detector; Detectors; Indium gallium arsenide; Noise; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Phase modulation; Photonics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6988530
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