Sub-Rayleigh-diffraction-bound quantum imaging

Vittorio Giovannetti, Seth Lloyd, Lorenzo Maccone, and Jeffrey H. Shapiro
Phys. Rev. A 79, 013827 – Published 28 January 2009

Abstract

The spatial resolution of an imaging apparatus is limited by the Rayleigh diffraction bound, a consequence of the imager’s finite spatial extent. We show some N-photon strategies that permit resolution of details that are smaller than this bound, attaining either a 1N enhancement (standard quantum limit) or a 1N enhancement (Heisenberg-like scaling) over standard techniques. In the incoherent imaging regime, the methods presented are loss resistant, since classical light sources suffice. Our results may be of importance in many applications: microscopy, telescopy, lithography, metrology, etc.

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  • Received 5 May 2008
  • Publisher error corrected 3 March 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.79.013827

©2009 American Physical Society

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3 March 2009

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Publisher's Note: Sub-Rayleigh-diffraction-bound quantum imaging [Phys. Rev. A 79, 013827 (2009)]

Vittorio Giovannetti, Seth Lloyd, Lorenzo Maccone, and Jeffrey H. Shapiro
Phys. Rev. A 79, 039901 (2009)

Authors & Affiliations

Vittorio Giovannetti1, Seth Lloyd2, Lorenzo Maccone3, and Jeffrey H. Shapiro2

  • 1NEST-CNR-INFM and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126, Pisa, Italy
  • 2MIT, Research Laboratory of Electronics, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
  • 3QUIT, Dipartimento di Fisica “A. Volta,” Universitá Pavia, via Bassi 6, I-27100 Pavia, Italy and Institute for Scientific Interchange, I-10133 Torino, Italy

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Vol. 79, Iss. 1 — January 2009

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