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As to detection: thermal limits dominate. Optically we make photon counters out of cooled avalanche photodiodes or photomultiplier tubes that will repeatedly t
by mlyle 3y ago
As to detection: thermal limits dominate.
Optically we make photon counters out of cooled avalanche photodiodes or photomultiplier tubes that will repeatedly trip for each incoming photon (at high probability). But they also randomly trip at a rate because of internal thermal noise.
As to emission, yes, you can make (close to) omnidirectional single photon emitters. But the odds of it interacting with your antenna or detector are low.