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The photon counting is an important task in quantum optics and photonic quantum information. The simplest photon counter found in the literature is a multi-photon number resolving detector (MPNRD), composed by a threshold single-photon detector and a time-multiplexing scheme usually built with a fiber ring. The correct photon number estimation is hampered by the optical losses and the non-unit quantum efficiency of the single-photon detector used. In this work we provide an analytical expression that improves the performance of the multi-photon number resolving detector when coherent states are measured. This transform the static MPNRD device in a dynamic MPNRD.
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This work was supported by the Brazilian agencies CNPq via Grant no. 309374/2021-9, CAPES via no. Grant 001 and FUNCAP. Also, this work was performed as part of the Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology for Quantum Information.
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da Silva, I.K.A., Mendonca, F.A. & Ramos, R.V. Dynamic multi-photon number resolving detector with fiber ring and single-photon detector. Opt Quant Electron 55, 1063 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-023-05391-7
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