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We measure photon-number statistics of pulsed fields containing mesoscopic photon numbers in a time duration shorter than any feasible measuring time. As the detector we use a photomultiplier tube delivering anodic outputs in whose pulse-height spectrum only the zero detected-photon peak is resolved. We demonstrate that we can reconstruct the correct detected-photon statistical distribution provided the maximum number of detected photons falls within the range of linear response of the photomultiplier tube.
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Andreoni, A., Allevi, A. & Bondani, M. Photon-number statistics measured with a noncounting PMT. J Russ Laser Res 30, 418–426 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-009-9107-9
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