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Spatially entangled photon pairs (biphotons) generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion offer unique opportunities for quantum imaging, but image-plane biphoton correlations are difficult to observe with camera-based detectors.…

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Correlated photon pairs, carrying strong quantum correlations, have been harnessed to bring quantum advantages to various fields from biological imaging to range finding. Such inherent non-classical properties support extracting more valid…

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We propose a computational ghost imaging scheme using customized pink noise speckle pattern illumination. By modulating the spatial frequency amplitude of the speckles, we generate speckle patterns with a significant positive spatial…

Metasurfaces are an emerging platform for manipulating light on a two-dimensional plane. Existing metasurfaces comprise arrays of optical resonators such as plasmonic antennas or high-index nanorods. In this letter, we describe a new…

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Improving the image contrast of objects immersed in weakly scattering media can be achieved using various strategies. One common approach is to reject events associated with scattered photons in favor of the detection of ballistic photons.…

We consider the question of whether it is possible to use the entanglement between spatially separated modes of massive particles to observe nonlocal quantum correlations. Mode entanglement can be obtained using a single particle,…

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Histopathology, the study and diagnosis of disease through analysis of tissue samples, is an indispensable part of modern medicine. However, the practice is time consuming and labor intensive, compelling efforts to improve the process and…

Polarization scramblers are essential for many imaging applications involving polarization sensitive instruments and partially polarized fluxes. In such cases, the light must be depolarized to allow properly calibrated measurements. Several…

Reducing a set of diverse bulk-optic-based optical components to a single ultrathin and compact element that enables the same complex functionality has become an emerging research area, propelling further integration and miniaturization in…

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Ghost imaging and differential ghost imaging are well-known imaging techniques based on the use of both classical and quantum correlated states of light. Since the existence of correlations has been shown to be the main resource to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-09 Silvia Cassina , Gabriele Cenedese , Marco Lamperti , Maria Bondani , Alessia Allevi

Phase-shifting structured illumination is a powerful technique used across diverse imaging modalities, including 3D surface measurement, quantitative phase imaging, and super-resolution microscopy. However, conventional implementations…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-05 Linzhi Yu , Jesse Pietila , Haobijam Johnson Singh , Humeyra Caglayan

Quantum entanglement of identical particles is essential in quantum information theory. Yet, its correct determination remains an open issue hindering the general understanding and exploitation of many-particle systems. Operator-based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-08 Rosario Lo Franco , Giuseppe Compagno

The polarizing multi-photon quantum states tomography with non-unit quantum efficiency of detectors is considered. A new quantum tomography protocol is proposed. This protocol considers events of losing photons of multi-photon quantum state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 Yu. I. Bogdanov , B. I. Bantysh , N. A. Bogdanova , V. F. Lukichev

The efficient manipulation, sorting, and measurement of optical modes and single-photon states is fundamental to classical and quantum science. Here, we realise simultaneous and efficient sorting of non-orthogonal, overlapping states of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-12 Suraj Goel , Max Tyler , Feng Zhu , Saroch Leedumrongwatthanakun , Mehul Malik , Jonathan Leach

By using the ghost imaging technique, we experimentally demonstrate the reconstruction of the diffraction pattern of a {\em pure phase} object by using the classical correlation of incoherent thermal light split on a beam splitter. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Bache , D. Magatti , A. Gatti , E. Brambilla , F. Ferri , L. A. Lugiato

We explore the possibility of detecting entangled photon pairs from cosmic microwave background or other cosmological sources coming from two patches of the sky. The measurements use two detectors with different photon polarizer directions.…

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We investigate performances of pure continuous variable states in discriminating thermal and identity channels by comparing their M-copy error probability bounds. This offers us a simplified mathematical analysis for quantum target…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-07-10 A. R. Usha Devi , A. K. Rajagopal

All-optical image processing offers a high-speed, energy-efficient alternative to conventional electronic systems by leveraging the wave nature of light for parallel computation. However, traditional optical processors rely on bulky…

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Estimating properties of quantum states via randomized measurements has become a significant part of quantum information science. In this paper, we design an innovative approach leveraging metasurfaces to perform randomized measurements on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-22 Hang Ren , Yipei Zhang , Ze Zheng , Cuifeng Ying , Lei Xu , Mohsen Rahmani , K. Birgitta Whaley

Quantum Radar is a promising technology that could have a strong impact on the civilian and military realms. In this study we introduce a new concept design for implementing a Quantum Radar, based on the time and polarization correlations…

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