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

Opt Express. 2010 Sep 27;18(20):20572-84. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.020572.

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate experimentally a new method based on the spatial entanglement for the absolute calibration of analog detectors. The idea consists on measuring the sub-shot-noise intensity correlation between two branches of parametric down conversion, containing many pairwise correlated spatial modes. We calibrate a scientific CCD camera and a preliminary evaluation of the uncertainty indicates the metrological interest of the method.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't