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Optica Publishing Group
  • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
  • Vol. 4,
  • Issue 2,
  • pp. 71-74
  • (2000)

The Relation between Statistics of Input Photons and Photocounts

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Abstract

The relation between the statistics of photons in input light on a detector and the measured photocounts by the detector is discussed. The averages and variances of the photocounts are compared with the averages and variances of input photons on practical detectors having quantum efficiencies of <TEX>$\mu$</TEX>. This comparison was made for three kinds of inputs which include Fock state light, coherent light, and thermal light. The calculations were carried out based on the combined operator model for a detector having less-than-unit quantum efficiency.

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