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Quantum radiometry

Published

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

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 March 29, 2024)
Created May 2, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017