Resolution of Quantum Imaging with Undetected Photons

Jorge Fuenzalida; Armin Hochrainer; Gabriela Barreto Lemos; Evelyn A. Ortega; Radek Lapkiewicz; Mayukh Lahiri; Anton Zeilinger

doi:10.22331/q-2022-02-09-646

Resolution of Quantum Imaging with Undetected Photons

Jorge Fuenzalida^1,2, Armin Hochrainer^1,2, Gabriela Barreto Lemos^3,4, Evelyn A. Ortega^1,2, Radek Lapkiewicz⁵, Mayukh Lahiri⁶, and Anton Zeilinger^1,2

¹Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3, Vienna A-1090, Austria
²Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), Faculty of Physics, Boltzmanngasse 5, University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
³Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos 149, Rio de Janeiro, CP: 68528, Brazil
⁴Physics Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston MA 02125, USA
⁵Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
⁶Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

Published:	2022-02-09, volume 6, page 646
Eprint:	arXiv:2010.07712v2
Doi:	https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2022-02-09-646
Citation:	Quantum 6, 646 (2022).

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Abstract

Quantum imaging with undetected photons is a recently introduced technique that goes significantly beyond what was previously possible. In this technique, images are formed without detecting the light that interacted with the object that is imaged. Given this unique advantage over the existing imaging schemes, it is now of utmost importance to understand its resolution limits, in particular what governs the maximal achievable spatial resolution.
We show both theoretically and experimentally that the momentum correlation between the detected and undetected photons governs the spatial resolution — a stronger correlation results in a higher resolution. In our experiment, the momentum correlation plays the dominating role in determining the resolution compared to the effect of diffraction. We find that the resolution is determined by the wavelength of the undetected light rather than the wavelength of the detected light. Our results thus show that it is in principle possible to obtain resolution characterized by a wavelength much shorter than the detected wavelength.

Popular summary

Superposition and entanglement are some unique features of quantum physics. Based on these fascinating properties, new promising technologies are being developed in communications, computing, and sensing. In quantum imaging, a technique called ‘quantum imaging with undetected photons’ allows imaging an object without detecting the light that interacts with it. Therefore, this technique removes detection constraints for exotic wavelengths, enabling hyperspectral imaging and beyond possible. Although this technique was introduced in 2014, no thorough work has been done on its resolution. Here we present a comprehensive study on the resolution of quantum imaging with undetected photons.

► BibTeX data

@article{Fuenzalida2022resolutionofquantum,
  doi = {10.22331/q-2022-02-09-646},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2022-02-09-646},
  title = {Resolution of {Q}uantum {I}maging with {U}ndetected {P}hotons},
  author = {Fuenzalida, Jorge and Hochrainer, Armin and Lemos, Gabriela Barreto and Ortega, Evelyn A. and Lapkiewicz, Radek and Lahiri, Mayukh and Zeilinger, Anton},
  journal = {{Quantum}},
  issn = {2521-327X},
  publisher = {{Verein zur F{\"{o}}rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften}},
  volume = {6},
  pages = {646},
  month = feb,
  year = {2022}
}

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