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Quantum radiometry

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Author(s)

Sergey V. Polyakov, Alan L. Migdall

Abstract

We review radiometric techniques that take advantage of photon counting and stem from the quantum laws of nature. We present a brief history of metrological experiments and review the current state of experimental quantum radiometry.
Citation
Journal of Modern Optics
Volume
56
Issue
9
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

Single Photon Detector, Metrology, High Accuracy Measurement, Parametric Downconversion

Citation

Polyakov, S. and Migdall, A. (2009), Quantum radiometry, Journal of Modern Optics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=902273 (Accessed October 8, 2025)

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Created May 2, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017
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