Author:
Zhang Gong,Wang Haibo,Zhang Jishen,Wang Chao,Xu Haiwen,Liang Yan,Lim Charles,Gong Xiao
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate a generalized decoy-state scheme to rigorously characterize the efficiency and noise of single-photon detectors with relaxed requirement on the detector's physical model, which could open new possibilities in device calibration standards.