Photon number resolution without optical mode multiplication
Common methods to achieve photon number resolution rely on fast on-off single-photon detectors in conjunction with temporal or spatial mode multiplexing. Yet, these methods suffer from an inherent trade-off between the efficiency of photon number discrimination and photon detection rate. Here, we in...
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| author | Vetlugin Anton N. Martinelli Filippo Dong Shuyu Soci Cesare |
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| description | Common methods to achieve photon number resolution rely on fast on-off single-photon detectors in conjunction with temporal or spatial mode multiplexing. Yet, these methods suffer from an inherent trade-off between the efficiency of photon number discrimination and photon detection rate. Here, we introduce a method of photon number resolving detection that overcomes these limitations by replacing mode multiplexing with coherent absorption of a single optical mode in a distributed detector array. Distributed coherent absorption ensures complete and uniform absorption of light among the constituent detectors, enabling fast and efficient photon number resolution. As a proof-of-concept, we consider the case of a distributed array of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with realistic parameters and show that deterministic absorption and arbitrarily high photon number discrimination efficiency can be achieved by increasing the number of detectors in the array. Photon number resolution without optical mode multiplication provides a simple yet effective method to discriminate an arbitrary number of photons in large arrays of on-off detectors or in smaller arrays of mode multiplexed detectors. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1fde5eb2eeba4fc38f4dd608d7f75d732024-11-25T11:19:09ZengDe GruyterNanophotonics2192-86062192-86142023-01-0112350551910.1515/nanoph-2022-0614Photon number resolution without optical mode multiplicationVetlugin Anton N.0Martinelli Filippo1Dong Shuyu2Soci Cesare3Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, TPI, Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity, 637371SingaporeCentre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, TPI, Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity, 637371SingaporeCentre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, TPI, Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity, 637371SingaporeCentre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, TPI, Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity, 637371SingaporeCommon methods to achieve photon number resolution rely on fast on-off single-photon detectors in conjunction with temporal or spatial mode multiplexing. Yet, these methods suffer from an inherent trade-off between the efficiency of photon number discrimination and photon detection rate. Here, we introduce a method of photon number resolving detection that overcomes these limitations by replacing mode multiplexing with coherent absorption of a single optical mode in a distributed detector array. Distributed coherent absorption ensures complete and uniform absorption of light among the constituent detectors, enabling fast and efficient photon number resolution. As a proof-of-concept, we consider the case of a distributed array of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with realistic parameters and show that deterministic absorption and arbitrarily high photon number discrimination efficiency can be achieved by increasing the number of detectors in the array. Photon number resolution without optical mode multiplication provides a simple yet effective method to discriminate an arbitrary number of photons in large arrays of on-off detectors or in smaller arrays of mode multiplexed detectors.https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2022-0614distributed coherent perfect absorptionphoton-number resolving detectorssingle-photon detector arrayssuperconducting-nanowire single-photon detectorstemporal and spatial multiplexing |
| spellingShingle | Vetlugin Anton N. Martinelli Filippo Dong Shuyu Soci Cesare Photon number resolution without optical mode multiplication Nanophotonics distributed coherent perfect absorption photon-number resolving detectors single-photon detector arrays superconducting-nanowire single-photon detectors temporal and spatial multiplexing |
| title | Photon number resolution without optical mode multiplication |
| title_full | Photon number resolution without optical mode multiplication |
| title_fullStr | Photon number resolution without optical mode multiplication |
| title_full_unstemmed | Photon number resolution without optical mode multiplication |
| title_short | Photon number resolution without optical mode multiplication |
| title_sort | photon number resolution without optical mode multiplication |
| topic | distributed coherent perfect absorption photon-number resolving detectors single-photon detector arrays superconducting-nanowire single-photon detectors temporal and spatial multiplexing |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2022-0614 |
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