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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Photon number resolving detection using time-multiplexing

Daryl Achilles, Christine Silberhorn, Alfred B. U’Ren, Cezary Śliwa, Konrad Banaszek, Ian A. Walmsley

Published Jan 1, 2004• 4 citations
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Abstract

A time-multiplexed detector capable of photon number resolution was constructed. The detector is analyzed theoretically and used to verify the photon statistics of weak coherent light. Conditional state preparation using the detector is explored.
DOI
10.1364/iqec.2004.ithd3

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