Testing the limits of human vision with single photons

Rebecca Holmes; Bradley G. Christensen; Ranxiao Frances Wang; Paul G. Kwiat

doi:10.1364/fio.2015.ftu5b.5

Testing the limits of human vision with single photons

Rebecca Holmes, Bradley G. Christensen, Ranxiao Frances Wang, Paul G. Kwiat

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We discuss techniques using a heralded single-photon source to study the lower limit of human vision, and report some preliminary results, including a measurement of temporal integration at the few-photon level.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of Frontiers in Optics 2015, FIO 2015
Publisher	OSA - The Optical Society
ISBN (Electronic)	9781943580033
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/fio.2015.ftu5b.5
State	Published - 2015
Event	Frontiers in Optics 2015, FIO 2015 - San Jose, United States Duration: Oct 18 2015 → Oct 22 2015

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Name	Proceedings of Frontiers in Optics 2015, FIO 2015

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Other	Frontiers in Optics 2015, FIO 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	10/18/15 → 10/22/15

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Instrumentation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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