DocumentCode
2245822
Title
Three-photon counting in a photomultiplier tube for ultrafast source characterization
Author
Nevet, Amir ; Hayat, Alex ; Orenstein, Meir
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate experimentally ultrafast three-photon counting by three-photon absorption in a photomultiplier tube, which may serve as a unique tool for ultrafast quantum state characterization as well as for ultrasensitive temporal measurements.
Keywords
multiphoton processes; photodetectors; photoexcitation; photomultipliers; photon counting; multiplier tube; three-photon absorption; ultrafast quantum state characterization; ultrafast three-photon counting; ultrasensitive temporal measurements; Absorption; Detectors; Nonlinear optics; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Radiation detectors; Semiconductor device measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5950846
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