title: Crosstalk calibration of multi-pixel photon counters using coherent states.
abstract: We present a novel method of calibration of crosstalk probability for multi-pixel photon counters (MPPCs) based on the measurement of the normalized second-order intensity correlation function of coherent light. The method was tested for several MPPCs, and was shown to be advantageous over the traditional calibration method based on the measurements of the dark noise statistics. The method can be applied without the need of modification for different kinds of spatially resolved single photon detectors.
authors.affiliation: Data Storage Institute, Agency for Science Technology and Research, 5 Engineering Drive I, 117608 Singapore.
authors.forename: Dmitry A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kalashnikov
authors.forename: Si-Hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Leonid A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Krivitsky
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D002138:Calibration; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D010783:Photometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017785:Photons