2013/05/24 by M. G. Mingolla, F. Piacentini, Mingolla, M. G. +27
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials #Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1305.5708
Quantum Matter in press
arxiv created 2013/05/24 · arxiv updated 2013/05/27
This paper's purpose is to review the results recently obtained in the Quantum Optics labs of the National Institute of Metrological Research (INRIM) in the field of single- and few-photon detectors calibration, from both the classical and quantum viewpoint. In the first part of the paper is presented the calibration of a single-photon detector with absolute methods, while in the second part we focus on photon-number-resolving detectors, discussing both the classical and quantum characterization of such devices.