Full characterization of quantum optical detectors
Hendrik B. Coldenstrodt-Ronge, A. P. Worsley, Jeff S. Lundeen, Alejandro Feito, Kenneth L. Pregnell, Christine Silberhorn, Peter J. Mosley, Brian J. Smith, Graciana Puentes, Nicholas L. Thomas-Peter, Timothy C. Ralph, Jens Eisert, Martin Bodo Plenio, Ian A. Walmsley · 2009
Full characterization of detectors in the quantum regime is presented. We determine the POVM elements of a photon-number-resolving detector. A method for precise calibration of detector efficiency is demonstrated.