PT Journal
AU Steudle, GA
   Schietinger, S
   Höckel, D
   Dorenbos, SN
   Zadeh, IE
   Zwiller, V
   Benson, O
TI Measuring the quantum nature of light with a single source and a single detector
SO Phys. Rev. A
PY 2012
BP 053814
VL 86
IS 5
DI 10.1103/PhysRevA.86.053814
DE SSPD; SNSPD; saturation count rates; dead time; dynamic range
AB An elementary experiment in optics consists of a light source and a detector. Yet, if the source generates nonclassical correlations such an experiment is capable of unambiguously demonstrating the quantum nature of light. We realized such an experiment with a defect center in diamond and a superconducting detector. Previous experiments relied on more complex setups, such as the Hanbury Brown and Twiss configuration, where a beam splitter directs light to two photodetectors, creating the false impression that the beam splitter is a fundamentally required element. As an additional benefit, our results provide a simplification of the widely used photon-correlation techniques.
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