Title :
Accessing photon bunching with photon number resolving multi-pixel detector
Author :
Kalashnikov, Dmitry ; Chekhova, Maria ; Krivitsky, Leonid
Author_Institution :
Data Storage Inst., Agency for Sci. Technol. & Res., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
The intensity correlation function of squeezed vacuum, produced in an OP A, was measured with a photon-number resolving multi-pixel detector (MPPC). Based on realistic MPPC model, strong photon bunching was revealed for low-gain OP A radiation.
Keywords :
optical parametric amplifiers; optical squeezing; photodetectors; photon counting; OPA; intensity correlation function; photon bunching; photon number resolving multipixel detector; squeezed vacuum; Correlation; Crosstalk; Detectors; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Photonics; Pixel;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
