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Photon counting

Avalanche inspiration

The ability of a customized avalanche-photodiode detector to distinguish the exact number of photons that it receives will simplify the tools required to perform reliable experiments in quantum optics.

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Milburn, G. Avalanche inspiration. Nature Photon 2, 392–393 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.113

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