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Photon-number-resolving detection at 1.04 μm by coincidence frequency upconversion

Kun Huang, Xiaorong Gu, Min Ren, Jian Yi, Pan Haifeng, E Wu, Heping Zeng

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrated the photon-number-resolving detection at 1.04 μm by coincidence frequency upconverison. The detection efficiency of 6.8% was obtained. The Poissionian distribution of the up-converted photons was observed directly.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2011.jthb16

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