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Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM)

Photon coincidence measurement of time-correlated photons using an oscilloscope

Arturo Rojas-Santana, Dorilian Lopez-Mago

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

We provide the technical considerations for using an oscilloscope as a photon counter. The histogram of coincidences is extracted after a little signal processing.
DOI
10.1364/qim.2019.t5a.44

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