{tag=Photonics equipment}

= Single photon production and detection experiments
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= Single photon
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You can't get more direct than this in terms of proving that <photons> exist!

The particular case of the <double-slit experiment> will be discussed at: <single particle double slit experiment>.

Production:
* <spontaneous parametric down-conversion>
* <quantum dot single photon source>
* <video Jeremy O'Brien: "Quantum Technologies" by GoogleTechTalks (2014)> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wCBkAQYBZA&t=531s mentions <optical ring resonators>
* <optical cavities>: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/30890926.pdf

Detectors are generally called <photomultipliers>:
* <photomultiplier tube>
* <silicon photomultiplier>
* <superconducting>, mentioned at:
  * https://singlequantum.com/technology/snspd/
  * <video Jeremy O'Brien: "Quantum Technologies" by GoogleTechTalks (2014)> https://youtube.com/watch?v=7wCBkAQYBZA?t=2720

Bibliography:
* https://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-0-7503-3063-3.pdf Quantum Mechanics in the Single Photon Laboratory by Waseem, Ilahi and Anwar (2020)

\Video[https://youtube.com/watch?v=dyXq1u87qew]
{title=How to use an SiPM - Experiment Video by SensLTech (2018)}

\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt84rSJa7VI]
{title=Single-photon detectors - Krister Shalm by Institute for Quantum Computing (2013)}
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* https://youtu.be/Vt84rSJa7VI?t=721 <Poincaré sphere>
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Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 37

 Incoming links: Silicon photomultiplier