• DocumentCode
    546969
  • Title

    High sensitivity, simultaneous second- and third-order autocorrelation measurement in a GaAsP photomultiplier tube

  • Author

    Wei, Yizhen ; Howard, Scott ; Cheng, Ji ; Wang, Zinan ; Straub, Adam ; Xu, Chris

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a novel method for high sensitivity measurement of pulsed light using a GaAsP photomultiplier tube. 2nd- and 3rd-order autocorrelations are obtained simultaneously by modulating the input power and analyzing the RF harmonic components.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; light interferometry; photomultipliers; GaAsP; RF harmonic component; high sensitivity measurement; photomultiplier tube; pulsed light; second order autocorrelation measurement; third order autocorrelation measurement; Correlation; Measurement by laser beam; Modulation; Power harmonic filters; Power measurement; Semiconductor device measurement; Sensitivity;
  • 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
    5951219