Self-consistent characterization of light statistics
Maria Bondani, Alessia Allevi, Andrea Agliati, Alessandra Andreoni · Journal of Modern Optics · 2009
We demonstrate the possibility of a self-consistent characterization of the photon-number statistics of a light field by using photoemissive detectors with internal gain simply endowed with linear input/output responses. The method can be applied to both microscopic and mesoscopic photon-number regimes. The detectors must operate in the linear range without the need for photon-counting capabilities.