〈Q|School Single Photonics Short Course: Sources, Detectors and Measurements

〈Q|School Single Photonics Short Course: Sources, Detectors and Measurements​

August 11–15, 2025
University of Colorado Boulder

  

Registration Opening Soon!

 

In cooperation with researchers and metrologists from around the world, the University of Colorado Boulder will present a short course consisting of lectures and hands-on lab interaction. Demonstrations and labs will be provided by industrial partners active in the field.

Presented by: CU Boulder and NIST

CU Boulder and NIST logos

Diamond Supporter: Hamamatsu Photonics

Pictured is the Hamamatsu logo. The logo is the word Hamamatsu in red and all capital letters

Silver Supporter: Keysight

Pictured her is the Keysight Logo. A red wave next to the word KEYSIGHT in black and all caps

Partnering with: Q-SEnSE, Colorado Photonics Industry Association, Danaher Cryo, Quantum Opus,Thorlabs,  PicoQuant and FormFactor

Logos of the partners: Q-SEnSE, Colorado Photonics Industry Association, Danaher Cryo, Quantum Opus,Thorlabs, PicoQuant and FormFactor

 

Who should attend?

 Technologists looking for an introduction to a new field and networking
 Experienced engineers or technicians in a related field looking for an introduction
 ​Researchers seeking a better understanding of and expressing measurement results

Topics to include:


Detectors

PMTs, SPADs, SNSPDs, TESs (if you don’t know the acronyms, come to the course!) How do we define detection efficiency? What is detector tomography?


Sources

Down conversion, quantum dots, nitrogen vacancies. What’s the difference between a single photon source and simply ‘faint light’?


Measurements and use cases

Detection efficiency, photon number, dark counts, jitter, dark counts. What is ‘spooky action at a distance’? What does a calibration report tell me?


Engineering

Cryogenics, optics, optical fibers and optimization, statistics and uncertainty

Questions?

Please contact  cubit@colorado.edu.