Migdall, Alan <br/><br/>
Single-photon generation and detection :  experimental methods in the physical sciences / 
 Single-photon generation and detection :  physics and applications 
editors: Alan Migdall, Sergey Polyakov, Jingyun Fan, Joshua Bienfang. 
 - Amsterdam ;  Elsevier,  ©2013 
 - xxii, 569 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Experimental methods in the physical sciences ;  volume 45 .
 - Experimental methods in the physical sciences ;  v. 45. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Photon statistics, measurements, and measurements tools -- Photomultiplier tubes -- Semiconductor-based detectors -- Novel semiconductor single-photon detectors -- Detectors based on superconductors -- Hybrid detectors -- Single-photon detector calibration -- Quantum detector tomography -- The first single-photon sources -- Parametric down-conversion -- Four-wave mixing in single-mode optical fibers -- Single emitters in isolated quantum systems -- Generation and storage of single photons in collectively excited atomic ensembles. 
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<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780123876959 0123876958 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014395340 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016488493  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Photons.<br/>Photon detectors.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC793.5.P42  / S56 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>539.7217/MIS