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Optical imaging by means of two-photon quantum entanglement

Year: 1995

Type: article

Abstract: A two-photon optical imaging experiment was performed based on the quantum nature of the signal and idler photon pairs produced in spontaneous parametric down-conversion. An aperture placed in front of a fixed detector is illuminated by the signal beam through a convex lens. A sharp magnified image of the aperture is found in the coincidence counting rate when a mobile detector is scanned in the transverse plane of the idler beam at a specific distance in relation to the lens.

Source: Physical Review A

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.52.r3429

Authors: T. B. Pittman, Y. H. Shih, D. V. Strekalov, A. V. Sergienko

Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Language: English

Topic: Quantum Information and Cryptography

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Office of Naval Research

Award: G8876996369