Photon-number statistics and correlations with silicon photomultipliers

Alessia Allevi; Luca Nardo; Marco Ramilli; Maria Bondani

doi:10.1117/12.919414

22 May 2012 Photon-number statistics and correlations with silicon photomultipliers

Alessia Allevi, Luca Nardo, Marco Ramilli, Maria Bondani

Proceedings Volume 8375, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques VI; 83750T (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919414
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

We present the characterization of a multi-pixel detector (SiPM, Hamamatsu) in the presence of dark-count and cross-talk effects. Our description yields a self-consistent calibration of the device, based on the light under investigation, which is used to evaluate shot-by-shot detected-photon numbers including dark-counts and cross-talk. The analysis allows us to reliably reconstruct the detected-photons statistics of different light states by taking into account the modifications introduced by detector features. Finally we quantify photon-number correlations in bipartite states and use the data to produce conditional states: only if dark-count and cross-talk effects can be neglected, the experimental results match theory.

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Alessia Allevi, Luca Nardo, Marco Ramilli, and Maria Bondani "Photon-number statistics and correlations with silicon photomultipliers", Proc. SPIE 8375, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques VI, 83750T (22 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919414

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