{"publisher":"SPIE","alternative_title":["Advanced Photon Counting Techniques"],"day":"25","type":"conference","article_processing_charge":"No","publist_id":"7233","conference":{"end_date":"2006-10 04","start_date":"2006-10 01","location":"Boston, Massachusetts, United States","name":"OPTICS EAST"},"user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","OA_type":"closed access","citation":{"apa":"Rangarajan, R., Altepeter, J., Jeffrey, E., Stoutimore, M., Peters, N., Hosten, O., &#38; Kwiat, P. (2006). High-efficiency single-photon detectors. In <i>Optics East</i>. Boston, Massachusetts, United States: SPIE. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.686117\">https://doi.org/10.1117/12.686117</a>","chicago":"Rangarajan, Radhika, Joseph Altepeter, Evan Jeffrey, Micah Stoutimore, Nicholas Peters, Onur Hosten, and Paul Kwiat. “High-Efficiency Single-Photon Detectors.” In <i>Optics East</i>. SPIE, 2006. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.686117\">https://doi.org/10.1117/12.686117</a>.","short":"R. Rangarajan, J. Altepeter, E. Jeffrey, M. Stoutimore, N. Peters, O. Hosten, P. Kwiat, in:, Optics East, SPIE, 2006.","ieee":"R. Rangarajan <i>et al.</i>, “High-efficiency single-photon detectors,” in <i>Optics East</i>, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 2006.","ama":"Rangarajan R, Altepeter J, Jeffrey E, et al. High-efficiency single-photon detectors. In: <i>Optics East</i>. SPIE; 2006. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.686117\">10.1117/12.686117</a>","mla":"Rangarajan, Radhika, et al. “High-Efficiency Single-Photon Detectors.” <i>Optics East</i>, 6372, SPIE, 2006, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.686117\">10.1117/12.686117</a>.","ista":"Rangarajan R, Altepeter J, Jeffrey E, Stoutimore M, Peters N, Hosten O, Kwiat P. 2006. High-efficiency single-photon detectors. Optics East. OPTICS EAST, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques, , 6372."},"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"year":"2006","publication":"Optics East","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["0277-786X"]},"month":"10","oa_version":"None","status":"public","_id":"577","article_number":"6372","date_updated":"2026-05-08T10:31:26Z","scopus_import":"1","title":"High-efficiency single-photon detectors","extern":"1","doi":"10.1117/12.686117","publication_status":"published","date_published":"2006-10-25T00:00:00Z","quality_controlled":"1","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Visible light photon counters (VLPCs) and solid-state photomultipliers (SSPMs) are high-efficiency single-photon detectors which have multi-photon counting capability. While both the VLPCs and the SSPMs have inferred internal quantum efficiencies above 93%, the actual measured values for both the detectors were in fact limited to less than 88%, attributed to in-coupling losses. We are currently improving this overall detection efficiency via a) custom anti-reflection coating the detectors and the in-coupling fibers, b) implementing a novel cryogenic design to reduce transmission losses and, c) using low-noise electronics to obtain a better signal-to-noise ratio."}],"author":[{"first_name":"Radhika","full_name":"Rangarajan, Radhika","last_name":"Rangarajan"},{"first_name":"Joseph","last_name":"Altepeter","full_name":"Altepeter, Joseph"},{"last_name":"Jeffrey","full_name":"Jeffrey, Evan","first_name":"Evan"},{"first_name":"Micah","last_name":"Stoutimore","full_name":"Stoutimore, Micah"},{"full_name":"Peters, Nicholas","last_name":"Peters","first_name":"Nicholas"},{"first_name":"Onur","id":"4C02D85E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0002-2031-204X","full_name":"Hosten, Onur","last_name":"Hosten"},{"first_name":"Paul","full_name":"Kwiat, Paul","last_name":"Kwiat"}],"date_created":"2018-12-11T11:47:17Z"}