• DocumentCode
    690117
  • Title

    Photon-number-resolved detection of photon-subtracted thermal light

  • Author

    Yanhua Zhai ; Becerra-Chavez, Francisco ; Glebov, Boris ; Jingyun Fan ; Sae Woo Nam ; Migdall, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Joint Quantum Inst., Univ. of Maryland, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We examine the photon statistics of photon-subtracted thermal light with photon-number-resolving detection. We show the photon-number distribution transforming from a Bose-Einstein distribution to a Poisson distribution as the number of subtracted photon increases.
  • Keywords
    Poisson distribution; photon counting; quantum statistical mechanics; thermo-optical effects; Bose-Einstein distribution; Poisson distribution; photon statistics; photon-number distribution; photon-number-resolving detection; photon-subtracted thermal light; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834510