Photon detector
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsZhiliang YUAN, Andrew James Shields
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Abstract
A photon detection system including a photon detector configured to detect single photons, the photon detector being gated such that it produces a periodic output signal and the gating signal having a frequency of at least 50 MHz. The system further includes a combiner for combining the signal from one period with signals from other periods such that periodic variations in the output signal of the detector are suppressed.
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A photon detection system comprising a photon detector configured to detect single photons, the photon detector being gated such that it produces a periodic output signal, the gating signal having a frequency of at least 50 MHz, the system further comprising a combiner for combining the signal from one period with signals from other periods such that periodic variations in the output signal of the detector are suppressed.
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