Advanced time-correlated single photon counting techniques for spectroscopy and imaging in biomedical systems

W Becker, A Bergmann, GL Biscotti… - … Applications of Ultrafast …, 2004 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) is based on the detection of single photons
of a periodic light signal, measurement of the detection time of the photons, and the build-up …

Photometry, radiometry and 'the candela': evolution in the classical and quantum world

JC Zwinkels, E Ikonen, NP Fox, G Ulm, ML Rastello - Metrologia, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The metrological fields of photometry and radiometry and their associated units are closely
linked through the current definition of the base unit of luminous intensity—the candela …

Heralded single photon sources: a route towards quantum communication technology and photon standards

SA Castelletto, RE Scholten - The European Physical Journal …, 2008 - cambridge.org
Single photon counting, based on single photon sources and detectors, is a key ingredient
for certain applications aiming at new quantum information technologies. Quantum …

Duality between partial coherence and partial entanglement

BEA Saleh, AF Abouraddy, AV Sergienko, MC Teich - Physical Review A, 2000 - APS
Entangled-photon pairs (biphotons) generated by spontaneous optical parametric down-
conversion exhibit a number of properties that are analogous to those of ordinary photons …

Highly efficient heralding of entangled single photons

S Ramelow, A Mech, M Giustina, S Gröblacher… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
Single photons are an important prerequisite for a broad spectrum of quantum optical
applications. We experimentally demonstrate a heralded single-photon source based on …

Correlated-Photon Metrology Without Absolute Standards.

A Migdall - Physics Today, 1999 - elibrary.ru
Reports that the quantum correlation of paired photons produced in nonlinear optical
crystals promises metrologists absolute measurements that do not require absolute …

Quantum enhancement of accuracy and precision in optical interferometry

F Kaiser, P Vergyris, D Aktas, C Babin… - Light: Science & …, 2018 - nature.com
White-light interferometry is one of today's most precise tools for determining the properties
of optical materials. Its achievable precision and accuracy are typically limited by systematic …

Detection efficiency calibration of single-photon silicon avalanche photodiodes traceable using double attenuator technique

M López, H Hofer, S Kück - Journal of Modern Optics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A highly accurate method for the determination of the detection efficiency of a silicon single-
photon avalanche diode (Si-SPAD) is presented. This method is based on the comparison of …

Transmission estimation at the quantum Cramér-Rao bound with macroscopic quantum light

TS Woodworth, C Hermann-Avigliano… - EPJ Quantum …, 2022 - epjqt.epj.org
The field of quantum metrology seeks to apply quantum techniques and/or resources to
classical sensing approaches with the goal of enhancing the precision in the estimation of a …

Transmission estimation at the Cramér-Rao bound for squeezed states of light in the presence of loss and imperfect detection

TS Woodworth, KWC Chan, C Hermann-Avigliano… - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
Enhancing the precision of a measurement requires maximizing the information that can be
gained about the quantity of interest from probing a system. For optical-based …