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Inverse Scattering Problems in Optics pp 117–160Cite as

Microscopic Models of Photodetection

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In this chapter we study the problem of determining statistical properties of stochastic radiation fields by means of photoelectric counting detectors. This problem is an important step in the retrieval of information on stochastic scattering systems considered in the preceding chapter. We start with the definition of the detection problem and a general comparison of “ideal” and “real” photodetection (Sect.4.1). In Sect.4.2, we present an overview of models describing the ideal detection process and discuss formal procedures of inversion for counting probabilities. In Sect.4.3 we report the recent progress in understanding the quantum process of photodetection in terms of microscopic models, namely the open-system detection scheme. In Sect.4.4 we review selected results on disturbing effects such as noise, dead time and partial coherence. Using the open-system approach we develop a first-principle theory of the intrinsic thermal noise in photodetection and show how the statistical properties of the incoming radiation are affected by the detector temperature (Sect.4.5). Pertinent techniques from statistical physics and quantum optics are summarized in Sects.4.6 and 4.7.

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Selloni, A. (1980). Microscopic Models of Photodetection. In: Baltes, H.P. (eds) Inverse Scattering Problems in Optics. Topics in Current Physics, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81472-3_4

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