Single photons can be detected using photomultiplier tubes.
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SUPPORTED
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Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are highly sensitive detectors widely utilized in applications requiring the detection of single photons, such as time-correlated single-photon counting and low-light imaging.
Evidence for · 3
Time response of small side-on photomultiplier tubes in time-correlated single-photon counting measurements
1988 · cited by 19
Evaluates small photomultiplier tubes using time-correlated single-photon counting measurements.
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Autofluorescence lifetime flow cytometry with time-correlated single photon counting
2024 · cited by 8
Utilizes photomultiplier tubes within a system designed for single-photon detection and time-correlated single-photon counting.
Evaluation of Fourier-inspired single-pixel holography under photon-limited conditions.
2026 · cited by 0
Highlights the high sensitivity and low noise of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) for photon-limited and single-pixel detection.