Candela: towards quantum-based photon standards

Short Name: qu-Candela, Project Number: T1.J2.3
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Coordinator: Maria Luisa Rastello (INRiM)

Characterization of the throughput beam of a ten-photodiode transmission trap detector
2011

Metrologia

A pump enhanced source of telecom-band correlated photon pairs
2011

Journal of Modern Optics

Ti/Au TES as superconducting detector for quantum technologies
2011

Impedance measurements on fast Transition-Edge Sensor for optical and near-infrared range
2010

Superconductor Science and Technology

Measurement of photon indistinguishability to a quantifiable uncertainty using a Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer
2010

Applied Optics

Production of degenerate polarization entangled photon pairs in the telecom band from a pump enhanced parametric downconversion process
2010

Optics Express

Multi-element photodetector for optical power measurements
2010

Applied Optics

Photometry, radiometry and “the candela”: evolution in the classical and quantum world
2010

Metrologia

The characterisation of the linearity of response and spatial uniformity of response of two InGaAsP/InP Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes
2010

Wide spectral range confocal microscope based on endlessly single-mode fiber
2010

Optics Express

Detection of multimode spatial correlation in PDC and application to the absolute calibration of a CCD camera
2010

Optics Express

Scalable multiplexed detector system for high-rate telecom-band single-photon detection
2009

Review of Scientific Instruments

Toward a full reconstruction of density matrix by on/off measurements
2009

Journal of Quantum Information

State reconstruction by on/off measurements
2009

Physical Review A

Improved implementation and modeling of deadtime reduction in an actively multiplexed detection system
2009

Journal of Modern Optics

Photon-number discriminating superconducting transition-edge sensors
2009

Metrologia

Reflectance calculations for a predictable quantum efficient detector
2009

Metrologia

Experimental test of nonclassicality for a single particle
2008

Optics Express

Participating EURAMET NMIs and DIs

CMI (Czechia)

INRiM (Italy)

JV (Norway)

MIKES (Finland)

Metrosert (Estonia)

NPL (United Kingdom)

PTB (Germany)

Information

Programme
iMERA-Plus
Field
SI and Fundamental
Status
completed
Call
2007
Duration
2008 - 2010
Project website
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