Resources and References
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Optics
Single Photon Vision
- Energy, Quanta and Vision – S. Hecht, S. Shlaer, M. H. Pirenne [Link]
- History and Present Status of Quantum Theory in Vision – M. A. Bouman [Link]
- The Number of Quanta Necessary for the Perception of Light of the Human Eye – H.A. van der Velden [Link]
- Retinal Noise and Absolute Threshold – H. B. Barlow [Link]
- Counting every quantum – B. Sakitt [Link]
- Multiplication noise in the human visual system at threshold: 1. Quantum fluctuations and minimum detectable energy – Malvin Carl Teich, Paul R. Prucnal, Giovanni Vannucci, Michael E. Breton, and William J. McGill [Link]
- Multiplication noise in the human visual system at threshold: 2. Probit estimation of parameters – Paul R. Prucnal & Malvin Carl Teich [Link]
- Multiplication noise in the human visual system at threshold 3. The role of non-Poisson quantum fluctuations – Malvin Carl Teich, Paul R. Prucnal, Giovanni Vannucci, Michael E. Breton & William J. McGill [Link]
- Measuring temporal summation in visual detection with a single-photon source – R. Holmes, M. Victoria, R.F. Wang and P. Kwiat [Link]
- Direct detection of a single photon by humans – Jonathan N. Tinsley, Maxim I. Molodtsov, Robert Prevedel, David Wartmann, Jofre Espigulé-Pons, Mattias Lauwers & Alipasha Vaziri [Link]
- Single-photon detection by rod cells of the retina – F. Rieke and D. A. Baylor [Link]
- Responses of retinal rods to single photons – D. A. Baylor,T. D. Lamb,K. W. Yau [Link]
- The photocurrent, noise and spectral sensitivity of rods of the monkey Macaca fascicularis – D. A. Baylor,B. J. Nunn,J. L. Schnapf [Link]
- Detection of single photons by toad and mouse rods – J. Reingruber, J. Pahlberg, M.L. Woodruff, A.P. Sampath, G.L. Fain, and D. Holcman [Link]
- Measurement of Photon Statistics with Live Photoreceptor Cells – N. Sim, M.F. Cheng, D. Bessarab, C. M. Jones, and L.A. Krivitsky [Link]
- Interaction of Fixed Number of Photons with Retinal Rod Cells – N.M. Phan, M.F. Cheng, D. Bessarab, and L.A. Krivitsky [Link]
Retinal Biometric Identification
- Quantum Biometrics with Retinal Photon Counting – M. Loulakis, G. Blatsios, C. S. Vrettou, and I. K. Kominis [Link]
- Spatially selective and quantum-statistics-limited light stimulus for retina biometrics and pupillometry – A. Margaritakis, G. Anyfantaki, K. Mouloudakis, A. Gratsea & I. K. Kominis [Link]
- Quantum advantage in biometric authentication with single photons – I.K. Kominis and M. Loulakis [Link]