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arXiv:1907.10513 · Review of Scientific Instruments

Observing sub-Poissonian statistics of twisted single photons using oscilloscope

Nijil Lal, Biveen Shajilal, Ali Anwar, Chithrabhanu Perumangatt, Ravindra Pratap Singh

Published Nov 1, 2019• 4 citations
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Abstract

Heralded single photon sources (HSPSs) from spontaneous parametric down-conversion are widely used as single photon sources. We study the photon number statistics of an HSPS carrying orbital angular momentum in our laboratory and observe the sub-Poissonian statistics using only photodetectors and an oscilloscope.
DOI
10.1063/1.5109544

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