A novel high-throughput second-order-correlation measurement system isdeveloped which records and makes use of all the arrival times of photonsdetected at both start and stop detectors. This system is suitable particularlyfor a light source having a high photon flux and a long coherence time since itis more efficient than conventional methods by an amount equal to the productof the count rate and the correlation time of the light source. We have usedthis system in carefully investigating the dead time effects of detectors andphoton counters on the second-order correlation function in the two-detectorconfiguration. For a non-stationary light source, distortion of original signalwas observed at high photon flux. A systematic way of calibrating thesecond-order correlation function has been devised by introducing a concept ofan effective dead time of the entire measurement system.
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