DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.101. An avalanche‐photodiode-based photon-number-resolving detector

An avalanche‐photodiode-based photon-number-resolving detector

10.1038/nphoton.2008.101

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KardynaÅ, B. E., Yuan, Z. L., & Shields, A. J. (2008). An avalancheâphotodiode-based photon-number-resolving detector. Nature Photonics, 2(7), 425â428.

Authors 3

B. E. Kardynał (first)
Z. L. Yuan (additional)
A. J. Shields (additional)

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