alishvadsariya
New member
Hey everyone I'm a 3rd year physics student currently on an internship at a Quantum research facility. My supervisor told me to build a program to detect and count photons using an Arduino Uno or Due and a id100 single photon detection module. The frequency of the photons can range for 10Hz to a 1,000,000Hz.
The photons should be detected when the voltage is spiked. The voltage when the photon is not detected can fluctuate from like 0 to 0.5. And when the photon is detected it might not be a proper square could be more like a parabola.
I've never used Arduinos before so I am a bit lost, would appreciate if i can get some advice:
1) first can the photons be detected and counted?
2) How big will the error percentage be?
3) Can someone help me with getting started with the code, I would really appreciate it?
I know it might be a lot to ask, but this project seems really interesting and would love to actually make it work. Thank you.
The photons should be detected when the voltage is spiked. The voltage when the photon is not detected can fluctuate from like 0 to 0.5. And when the photon is detected it might not be a proper square could be more like a parabola.
I've never used Arduinos before so I am a bit lost, would appreciate if i can get some advice:
1) first can the photons be detected and counted?
2) How big will the error percentage be?
3) Can someone help me with getting started with the code, I would really appreciate it?
I know it might be a lot to ask, but this project seems really interesting and would love to actually make it work. Thank you.