  Silicon photomultipliers are photon-number-resolving detectors endowed with
hundreds of cells enabling them to reveal high-populated quantum optical
states. In this paper, we address such a goal by showing the possible
acquisition strategies that can be adopted and discussing their advantages and
limitations. In particular, we determine the best acquisition solution in order
to properly reveal the nature, either classical or nonclassical, of mesoscopic
quantum optical states.
