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We report an algorithm, based on quantum optics formulation, where a coherent state is used as the elementary quantum resource for the image representation. We provide an architecture with constituent optical elements in linear order with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-01 Vivek Mehta , Sonali Jana , Utpal Roy

We developed an ultra-compact high-resolution imaging system for cold atoms. Its only in-vacuum element is a multimode optical fiber with a diameter of $230\,\mu$m, which simultaneously collects light and guides it out of the vacuum…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-06-23 Nicolas Vitrant , Sébastien Garcia , Kilian Müller , Alexei Ourjoumtsev

The resonant absorption of light by an ensemble of absorbers decreases when the resonance is inhomogeneously broadened, as only a fraction of the ensemble contributes to the absorption at any given optical frequency. Recovering the lost…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-22 Ohr Lahad , Ran Finkelstein , Omri Davidson , Ohad Michel , Eilon Poem , Ofer Firstenberg

The linear optical absorption spectra of three isomers of planar boron cluster B$_{13}$ are calculated using time-dependent spin-polarized density functional approach. The geometries of these cluster are optimized at the B3LYP/6-311+G*…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2013-02-12 Ravindra Shinde , Meenakshi Tayade

Absorption imaging is the most common probing technique in experiments with ultracold atoms. The standard procedure involves the division of two frames acquired at successive exposures, one with the atomic absorption signal and one without.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-07-08 Gal Ness , Anastasiya Vainbaum , Constantine Shkedrov , Yanay Florshaim , Yoav Sagi

The noise in absorption imaging of cold atoms significantly impacts measurement accuracy across a range of applications with ultracold atoms. It is crucial to adopt an approach that offers effective denoising capabilities without…

Absorption imaging has played a key role in the advancement of science from van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of red blood cells to modern observations of dust clouds in stellar nebulas and Bose-Einstein condensates. Here we show the first…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 E. W. Streed , A. Jechow , B. G. Norton , D. Kielpinski

We propose a method to reconstruct the optical absorption of a highly-scattering medium probed by diffuse light. The method consists of learning the optical detection system and then using this result to reconstruct the absorption. Our…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-08 Zijian Wang , Andreas Hauptmann , Lu Lu , John C. Schotland

In this report I attempt to outline the process of developing and building an absorption imaging system capable of imaging ultracold atoms. In the theory section I will discuss the elements required to estimate the atom number and derive…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-09-20 Tadas Pyragius

We use linear response theory in order to compute the light absorption spectrum, in the terahertz band, of a polariton system composed by excitons in a quantum dot very strongly coupled to the lowest photon mode of a thin micropillar. In a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-08 Carlos Andres Vera-Ciro , Alain Delgado , Augusto Gonzalez

A majority of ultracold atom experiments utilize resonant absorption imaging techniques to obtain the atomic density. To make well-controlled quantitative measurements, the optical intensity of the probe beam must be precisely calibrated in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-15 Emine Altuntas , Ian B. Spielman

In this paper, we analyse the optical absorption in porous silicon . This is the first attempt to explicitly demonstrate that it is not possible to extract the band gap of such low dimensional nanostructures like porous silicon from a Tauc…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Shouvik Datta , K. L. Narasimhan

In this paper, we present a theoretical simulation of 87Rb absorption spectrum in a thermal cm-cell which is adaptive to the experimental observation. In experiment, the coupling and probe beams are configured to copropagate but…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-03-09 Hong Cheng , Shan-Shan Zhang , Pei-Pei Xin , Yuan Cheng , Hong-Ping Liu

We study a new image sensor that is reminiscent of traditional photographic film. Each pixel in the sensor has a binary response, giving only a one-bit quantized measurement of the local light intensity. To analyze its performance, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-28 Feng Yang , Yue M. Lu , Luciano Sbaiz , Martin Vetterli

Atomic ensembles have many potential applications in quantum information science. Owing to collective enhancement, working with ensembles at high densities increases the overall efficiency of quantum operations, but at the same time also…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-07-28 Yoav Sagi , Ido Almog , Nir Davidson

For more than a century, the diffraction limit has defined the resolution achievable by passive optical imaging systems. Although some resolution improvement can be gained through classical data processing of the image, it is limited by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 A. I. Lvovsky , Michael R. Grace , Saikat Guha , Mankei Tsang , Gerardo Adesso , Nicolas Treps

The standard experimental techniques usually adopted in the study of the behaviour of ultracold atoms in optical lattices involve extracting the atom density profile from absorption images of the atomic sample after trap release. Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Anderloni , F. Benatti , R. Floreanini , A. Trombettoni

High-precision laser interferometric instruments require optical surfaces with a close to perfect contour, as well as low scattering and absorption. Especially point absorbers are problematic because they heat up at high optical intensities…

Optics · Physics 2023-12-20 Leif Albers , Malte Hagemann , Roman Schnabel

Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) is a reliable and widespread technique for monitoring qualitative changes in absorption inside highly scattering media. It has been shown, however, that Acousto-Optic (AO) imaging can provide significantly…

By harnessing the quantum states of light for illumination, precise phase and absorption estimations can be achieved with precision beyond the standard quantum limit. Despite their significance for precision measurements, quantum states are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-15 Ming Li , Chang-Ling Zou , Di Liu , Guo-Ping Guo , Guang-Can Guo , Xi-Feng Ren