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    "abstract": "We show how to obtain the photon distribution of a single-mode field using\nonly avalanche photodetectors. The method is based on measuring the field at\ndifferent quantum efficiencies and then inferring the photon distribution by\nmaximum-likelihood estimation. The convergence of the method and its robustness\nagainst fluctuations are illustrated by means of numerically simulated\nexperiments.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0405139",
    "authors": [
      "Andrea R. Rossi",
      "Stefano Olivares",
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    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.70.055801",
    "journal_ref": "Phys. Rev. A vol 70, 055801 (2004)",
    "title": "Photon statistics without counting photons",
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