DocumentCode
2995654
Title
Photon Statistics by Low Resolution-Threshold Photodetectors
Author
Zambra, Guido ; Allevi, Alessia ; Bondani, Maria ; Paris, Matteo G.A. ; Andreoni, Alessandra
Author_Institution
Dipartimento di Fisica, UniversitÃ\xa0 degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria, 16 - 20133 Milano, Italy, guido.zambra@uninsubria.it; Dipartimento di Fisica e Matematica, UniversitÃ\xa0 degli Studi dell´´insubria and C.N.R-I.N.F.M. via Valleggio, 11 - 22100 Co
fYear
2006
fDate
24-28 Sept. 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Maximum-likelihood method allows the reconstruction of single-peaked photon statistics by using realistic photodetectors having low quantum efficiencies and discriminating between zero, one and more than one detected photons. Higher efficiencies are needed for multi-peaked statistics.
Keywords
Convolution; Detectors; Maximum likelihood detection; Photodetectors; Photonics; Probability; Quantum mechanics; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN
978-2-912328-39-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801375
Filename
4801375
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