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Advanced Photonics

Femtosecond Three-Photon Counting in a Photomultiplier Tube

Amir Nevet, Alex Hayat, Meir Orenstein

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally ultrafast three-photon counting by three-photon absorption in a photomultiplier tube, which may serve as a unique tool for ultrafast quantum state characterization as well as for ultrasensitive temporal measurements.
DOI
10.1364/iprsn.2011.iwg5

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