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Optics Letters

Evaluation of triple correlation from triggered factorial moment measurement

Manuel P. Cagigal, Pedro M. Prieto

Published Aug 15, 1992• 1 citation
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Abstract

Triple-correlation values are obtained as a combination of second-order factorial moments of the triggered photocount distribution. The signal-to-noise ratio obtained from this kind of measurement is smaller than that obtained from direct calculation of the triple correlation for small time-delay values.
DOI
10.1364/ol.17.001137

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