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Third- and fourth-order coherences measured with a multi-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector
Published
Author(s)
Martin J. Stevens, Burm Baek, Eric Dauler, Andrew J. Kerman, Richard J. Molnar, Scott A. Hamilton, Karl Berggren, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
Abstract
We demonstrate a technique for measuring third- and fourth-order coherences using a multi-element detector consisting of four independent, interleaved superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors, and observe strong bunching from a chaotic light source.
Proceedings Title
Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Stevens, M.
, Baek, B.
, Dauler, E.
, Kerman, A.
, Molnar, R.
, Hamilton, S.
, Berggren, K.
, Mirin, R.
and Nam, S.
(2009),
Third- and fourth-order coherences measured with a multi-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector, Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics and International Quantum Electronics Conference, Baltimore, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=901153
(Accessed October 11, 2025)