Sub-Poissonian photocurrent statistics: Theory and undergraduate experiment
作者:
A. C. Funk,
M. Beck,
期刊:
American Journal of Physics
(AIP Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 65,
issue 6
页码: 492-500
ISSN:0002-9505
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1119/1.18577
出版商: American Association of Physics Teachers
关键词: 01.50.P;03.65;03.70
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
We present the results of an experiment in which we observe a sub-Poissonian photocurrent. This photocurrent is generated by detecting the light emitted from a high-quantum-efficiency light-emitting diode driven by a high-impedance current source. We also present classical, semi-classical and quantum mechanical theories of photoelectric detection. The observed sub-Poissonian statistics are in agreement with quantum mechanical predictions, but are unexplainable using the classical and semi-classical theories. The experiment uses only equipment already found in most undergraduate laboratories, making this a nice experiment to demonstrate a purely quantum mechanical effect.
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