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Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Nonlinear processes in photon registration by an elementary photodetector

Andrew A. Ignatenko, S. Ya. Kilin

Published Jun 15, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

Quantum dynamics of an interaction of an elementary photodetector with multiphoton states of electromagnetic field is discussed. Some nonlinear processes during the elementary detector operation are considered.
DOI
10.1117/12.751477

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