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JMO Special Issue on Single-Photon: Detectors, Applications, and Measurement Methods [Introduction]

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Author(s)

Alan L. Migdall, J Dowling
Citation
Journal of Modern Optics
Volume
51
Issue
No 9-10
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

APD avalanche photodiode, detector, photon, photon counting, quantum computation, quantum computing, quantum cryptography, single photon, single photon detection

Citation

Migdall, A. and Dowling, J. (2004), JMO Special Issue on Single-Photon: Detectors, Applications, and Measurement Methods [Introduction], Journal of Modern Optics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=841788 (Accessed October 15, 2025)

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Created June 1, 2004, Updated November 15, 2016
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