Photon-number statistics with silicon photomultipliers

• DOI: 10.1364/josab.27.000852
• Publication Date: 2010-04-07T16:03:54Z
• Authors: Marco Ramilli; Alessia Allevi; Valery Chmill; Maria Bondani; Massimo Caccia; Alessandra Andreoni
• Keywords: Quantum Physics; Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors; 0103 physical sciences; FOS: Physical sciences; Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det); Quantum Physics (quant-ph); 01 natural sciences

We present a description of the operation of a multi-pixel detector in the presence of non-negligible dark-count and cross-talk effects. We apply the model to devise self-consistent calibration strategies to be performed on the very light under investigation.