Title :
High accuracy photon-counting detector calibration and independent verification of a correlated-photon calibration technique
Author :
Polyakov, Sergey V. ; Migdall, Alan L.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg
Abstract :
We characterized a two-photon method to calibrate photon-counting detectors. We verified this method by comparison to a national primary standard detector scale. This comparison showed agreement of the two methods to 0.14(14) % (k=1).
Keywords :
calibration; photodetectors; photon counting; two-photon processes; correlated-photon calibration technique; independent verification; photon-counting detector calibration; two-photon method; Calibration; Delay; Detectors; Educational institutions; Electronic equipment testing; NIST; Photonics; Power measurement; Pulse measurements; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452553
