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Single-photon generation and detection : physics and applications /

Single-photon generation and detection is at the forefront of modern optical physics research. This book is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the current status of single-photon techniques and research methods in the spectral region from the visible to the infrared. The use of single p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Migdall, Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Academic Press, 2013.
Colección:Experimental methods in the physical sciences ; v. 45.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Photon statistics, measurements, and measurements tools
  • Photomultiplier tubes
  • Semiconductor-based detectors
  • Novel semiconductor single-photon detectors
  • Detectors based on superconductors
  • Hybrid detectors
  • Single-photon detector calibration
  • Quantum detector tomography
  • The first single-photon sources
  • Parametric down-conversion
  • Four-wave mixing in single-mode optical fibers
  • Single emitters in isolated quantum systems
  • Generation and storage of single photons in collectively excited atomic ensembles