%0 Journal Article
%T Absolute efficiency estimation of photon-number-resolving detectors using twin beams
%A A. P. Worsley
%A H. B. Coldenstrodt-Ronge
%A J. S. Lundeen
%A P. J. Mosley
%A B. J. Smith
%A G. Puentes
%A N. Thomas-Peter
%A I. A. Walmsley
%J Physics
%D 2009
%I arXiv
%R 10.1364/OE.17.004397
%X A nonclassical light source is used to demonstrate experimentally the absolute efficiency calibration of a photon-number-resolving detector. The photon-pair detector calibration method developed by Klyshko for single-photon detectors is generalized to take advantage of the higher dynamic range and additional information provided by photon-number-resolving detectors. This enables the use of brighter twin-beam sources including amplified pulse pumped sources, which increases the relevant signal and provides measurement redundancy, making the calibration more robust.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.2182v1