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Photon statistics characterization of a single photon source

Romain Alleaume, Francois Treussart, Jean-Michel Courty, Jean-Francois Roch

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0312084

Abstract

n a recent experiment, we reported the time-domain intensity noise measurement of a single photon source relying on single molecule fluorescence control. In this article we present data processing, starting from photocount timestamps. The theoretical analytical expression of the time-dependent Mandel parameter Q(T) of an intermittent single photon source is derived from ON<->OFF dynamics . Finally, source intensity noise analysis using the Mandel parameter is quantitatively compared to the usual approach relying on the time autocorrelation function, both methods yielding the same molecular dynamical parameters.

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