How can quantum mechanics deliver better imaging performance? Parametric down-conversion sources produce pairs of photons that are correlated in many degrees of freedom, including their spatial positions. By using a camera to detect these pairs of photons it is possible configure imaging systems that can either beat the classical resolution limit or the classical noise limit. We demonstrate how a simple down-conversion source based on a laser and non-linear crystal can be combined with an EMCCD camera to achieve either of these outcomes. Firstly, when both photons pass through the sample, we show a full-field, resolution-enhancing scheme, based on the centroid estimation of the photon pairs. By optimising the software control of the EMCCD camera running in the photon-sparse regime we achieve a resolution enhancement over the equivalent classical limit. Secondly, we show a similar scheme but where only one of the two photons pass through the sample and the other acts as a reference, in this case the ratio of the two resulting images eliminates the background noise of the camera, and background light, achieving an increase in image contrast.


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    Title :

    Beating classical imaging limits with entangled photons


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Optical, Opto-Atomic, and Entanglement-Enhanced Precision Metrology ; 2019 ; San Francisco,California,United States


    Published in:

    Proc. SPIE ; 10934


    Publication date :

    2019-03-01





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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