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Bidirectional coincidence counting of correlated photons to determine the detection efficiency of a single-photon detector without a reference standard
Akio Yoshizawa, Satoru Odate, Daiji Fukuda, Hidemi Tsuchida
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Abstract
Bidirectional coincidence counting of correlated photons was adopted to determine the detection efficiency of single-photon detectors operating at 1550 nm without comparing to a reference standard. A self-calibration method best suitable for single-photon detectors was established.