Stochastic resonances and gated detection in photon number resolving detectors

Shree Krishnamoorthy; Harish Ravi; Pradeep K. Kumar; Anil Prabhakar

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-30137-2_10

Stochastic resonances and gated detection in photon number resolving detectors

Shree Krishnamoorthy
, Harish Ravi
, Pradeep K. Kumar
, Anil Prabhakar

Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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Gated avalanche photo-detectors (GAPD) use gated detection and thresholding electronics to act as Geiger counters to indicate presence of photons. They show stationary Poissonian average noise statistics, though we see evidence of underlying non-stationary stochastic resonance. Both the Poissonian and stochastic resonance processes contribute to the experimentally observed dark count, and are described theoretically. To resolve photon numbers from coherent faint light pulses, we use GAPD with an optical recirculating loop. With the temporal separation of the input photons from the pulse, we not only achieve photon number resolution up to n = 0.024, but also bypass the stochastic resonance effects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Photoptics 2015, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Paulo Ribeiro, Maria Raposo
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media, LLC
Pages	157-172
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9783319301358
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30137-2_10
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology, PHOTOPTICS 2015 - Berlin, Germany Duration: 12 Mar 2015 → 14 Mar 2015

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Name	Springer Proceedings in Physics
Volume	181
ISSN (Print)	0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)	1867-4941

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Conference	4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology, PHOTOPTICS 2015
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	12/03/15 → 14/03/15

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Krishnamoorthy, S., Ravi, H., Kumar, P. K., & Prabhakar, A. (2016). Stochastic resonances and gated detection in photon number resolving detectors. In P. Ribeiro, & M. Raposo (Eds.), Photoptics 2015, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 157-172). (Springer Proceedings in Physics; Vol. 181). Springer Science and Business Media, LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30137-2_10

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Krishnamoorthy, S, Ravi, H, Kumar, PK & Prabhakar, A 2016, Stochastic resonances and gated detection in photon number resolving detectors. in P Ribeiro & M Raposo (eds), Photoptics 2015, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol. 181, Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, pp. 157-172, 4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology, PHOTOPTICS 2015, Berlin, Germany, 12/03/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30137-2_10

Stochastic resonances and gated detection in photon number resolving detectors. / Krishnamoorthy, Shree; Ravi, Harish; Kumar, Pradeep K. et al.
Photoptics 2015, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Paulo Ribeiro; Maria Raposo. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, 2016. p. 157-172 (Springer Proceedings in Physics; Vol. 181).

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