Quantum imaging with incoherent photons.
We propose a technique to obtain subwavelength resolution in quantum imaging with potentially 100% contrast using incoherent light. Our method requires neither path-entangled number states nor multiphoton absorption. The scheme makes use of N photons spontaneously emitted by N atoms and registered by N detectors. It is shown that for coincident detection at particular detector positions a resolution of lambda/N can be achieved.
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Institut für Optik, Information und Photonik, Max-Planck-Forschungsgruppe, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
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Martin
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Solano
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von Zanthier
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Agarwal
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