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Characterization of Photon Statistical Properties with Normalized Mandel Parameter |
| ZHANG Xin-Zheng, WANG Zhen-Hua, LI Hui, WU Qiang, TANG Bai-Quan, GAO Feng, XU Jing-Jun |
| The Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics (Ministry of Education), TEDA Applied Physics School, and Institute of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457 |
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ZHANG Xin-Zheng, WANG Zhen-Hua, LI Hui et al 2008 Chin. Phys. Lett. 25 3976-3979 |
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Abstract
Normalized Mandel Parameter <Q> is introduced as a new measurement of photon statistics. Dependences of Mandel parameter Q and corresponding normalized Mandel parameter <Q> on photon-counting time interval are experimentally investigated for pseudo-thermal light. We demonstrate that <Q> is more appropriate than Q to measure the statistical deviation from Poisson distribution, because <Q> presents clearly both the intrinsic statistical properties and measuring effects. The advantages of <Q> in charactering nonclassical emissions are also discussed.
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Received: 01 June 2008
Published: 25 October 2008
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