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Beating the Rayleigh Limit Using Two-Photon Interference

Quantum Physics 2018-12-20 v2

Abstract

Multiparameter estimation theory offers a general framework to explore imaging techniques beyond the Rayleigh limit. While optimal measurements of single parameters characterizing a composite light source are now well understood, simultaneous determination of multiple parameters poses a much greater challenge that in general requires implementation of collective measurements. Here we show, theoretically and experimentally, that Hong-Ou-Mandel interference followed by spatially resolved detection of photons provides precise information on both the separation and the centroid for a pair of point emitters, avoiding trade-offs inherent to single-photon measurements.

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@article{arxiv.1803.07096,
  title  = {Beating the Rayleigh Limit Using Two-Photon Interference},
  author = {Michał Parniak and Sebastian Borówka and Kajetan Boroszko and Wojciech Wasilewski and Konrad Banaszek and Rafał Demkowicz-Dobrzański},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.07096},
  year   = {2018}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures

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