Research in Optical Sciences

The Dependence of the Photon-number Distribution of Parametric Down-conversion on the Number of Collected Modes

Liat Dovrat, Michael Bakstein, D. Istrati, Assaf Shaham, H. S. Eisenberg

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations

Abstract

The dependence of the photon-number distribution from parametric down-conversion on the number of collected modes is directly measured using Silicon Photo-Multiplier number-resolving detectors. Measurements are analyzed using a novel crosstalk model.

DOI: 10.1364/hilas.2012.jt2a.62

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