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arXiv:0807.0330 · Nature Photonics

An avalanche‐photodiode-based photon-number-resolving detector

Beata E. Kardynal, Zhiliang L. Yuan, Andrew J. Shields

Published Jun 15, 2008• 241 citations
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10.1038/nphoton.2008.101

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