Numerical reconstruction of photon-number statistics from photocounting statistics: Regularization of an ill-posed problem

Journal Article · Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.80.013813· OSTI ID:21313331

Starkov, V N ^[1]; Semenov, A A ^[1]; Gomonay, H V ^[2]

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1. Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Prospect Nauky 46, UA-03028 Kiev (Ukraine)
2. Institute of Physics and Technology, National Technical University of Ukraine 'KPI', Prospect Peremohy 37, UA-03056 Kiev (Ukraine)

We demonstrate a practical possibility of loss compensation in measured photocounting statistics in the presence of dark counts and background radiation noise. It is shown that satisfactory results are obtained even in the case of low detection efficiency and large experimental errors.

• OSTI ID: 21313331
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 80, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.013813; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BACKGROUND RADIATION
DETECTION
EFFICIENCY
ERRORS
LOSSES
NOISE
PHOTODETECTORS
PHOTONS
STATISTICS