Unknown weak light pulse measurement using time interval distribution photon counting

Xinyi Zhu; Yurong Wang; Xue Li; Zhaohui Li; HAIf ENG Pan; Xiuliang Chen; Pengcheng Zhang; Kun Huang; Guang Wu

doi:10.1364/OL.547621

Unknown weak light pulse measurement using time interval distribution photon counting

Xinyi Zhu, Yurong Wang, Xue Li, Zhaohui Li, HAIf ENG Pan, Xiuliang Chen, Pengcheng Zhang, Kun Huang, Guang Wu

Institute for Advanced Study in Precision Spectroscopy

East China Normal University

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In this paper, we present a method for measuring weak light pulses using a single-photon detector, with a focus on detecting non-synchronized repetitive pulsed light. The proposed approach, based on interval distribution counting, enables accurate reconstruction of both the repetition rate and phase of weak pulses, facilitating the determination of the average photon number and pulse width. Specifically, the error in reconstructing the repetition rate is below ±0.01%, while the error in measuring the photon number per pulse remains below ±0.8%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1353-1356
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	50
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.547621
State	Published - 15 Feb 2025

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