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A number of applications in basic science and technology would benefit from high fidelity photon number resolving photodetectors. While some recent experimental progress has been made in this direction, the requirements for true photon…

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High speed mid-wave infrared (MWIR) photodetectors have important applications in the emerging areas such high-precision frequency comb spectroscopy and light detection and ranging (LIDAR). In this work, we report a high-speed…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-12-30 Zhiyang Xie , Jian Huang , Xuliang Chai , Zhuo Deng , Yaojiang Chen , Qi Lu , Zhicheng Xu , Jianxin Chen , Yi Zhou , Baile Chen

We implement a general imaging method by measuring the complex degree of coherence using linear optics and photon number resolving detectors. In the absence of collective or entanglement assisted measurements, our method is optimal over a…

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Mid-infrared spectrum is a critical tool for chemical analysis, industrial inspection, environment, and other fields due to its rich chemical bond information. However, the complicated growth or fabrication procedures of existing…

Estimating depth from images nowadays yields outstanding results, both in terms of in-domain accuracy and generalization. However, we identify two main challenges that remain open in this field: dealing with non-Lambertian materials and…

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Near-infrared (NIR) hyperspectral imaging has become a critical tool in modern analytical science. However, conventional NIR hyperspectral imaging systems face challenges including high cost, bulky instrumentation, and inefficient data…

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We propose a novel, to the best of our knowledge, approach to superresolution optical imaging by combining quantum optics and near-field optics. Our concept involves the utilization of single-photon quantum emitters to generate a…

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Near-infrared (NIR) hyperspectral imaging is widely used to reveal morphological and chemical information. However, conventional spectral imagers usually rely on costly focal plane arrays and suffer from data redundancy and inefficiencies…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-26 Ben Sun , Kun Huang , Zhibin Zhao , Beibei Dong , Jianan Fang , Heping Zeng

Ultrasound is a widely used medical tool for non-invasive diagnosis, but its images often contain speckle noise which can lower their resolution and contrast-to-noise ratio. This can make it more difficult to extract, recognize, and analyze…

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Quantum interferometry methods exploit quantum resources, such as photonic entanglement, to enhance phase estimation beyond classical limits. Nonlinear optics has served as a workhorse for the generation of entangled photon pairs, ensuring…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-04 Romain Dalidet , Anthony Martin , Grégory Sauder , Laurent Labonté , Sébastien Tanzilli

Infrared space interferometers can surpass the spatial resolution limitations of single-dish space telescopes. However, stellar interferometers from space have not been realized because of technical difficulties. Two beams coming from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-20 Taro Matsuo , Satoshi Ikari , Hirotaka Kondo , Sho Ishiwata , Shinichi Nakasuka , Tomoyasu Yamamuro

Single photon detectors are indispensable tools in optics, from fundamental measurements to quantum information processing. The ability of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors to detect single photons with unprecedented…

We present a new procedure rooted in deep learning to construct science images from data cubes collected by astronomical instruments using HxRG detectors in low-flux regimes. It improves on the drawbacks of the conventional algorithms to…

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We discuss a novel approach to the problem of creating a photon number resolving detector using the giant Kerr nonlinearities available in electromagnetically induced transparency. Our scheme can implement a photon number quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. J. Munro , Kae Nemoto , R. G. Beausoleil , T. P. Spiller

Deep-tissue chemical imaging plays a vital role in biological and medical applications. Here, we present a shortwave infrared photothermal (SWIP) microscope for millimeter-deep vibrational imaging with sub-micron lateral resolution and…

In ref [Phys. Rev. A 106, 013720], the scheme of quantum non-demolition measurement of optical quanta that uses a resonantly enhanced Kerr nonlinearity in optical microresonators was analyzed theoretically. It was shown that using the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-15 Stepan Balybin , Dariya Salykina , Farid Ya. Khalili

The preparation of a space-mission that carries out any kind of imaging to detect high-precision low-amplitude variability of its targets requires a robust model for the expected performance of its instruments. This model cannot be derived…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-27 P. Marcos-Arenal , W. Zima , J. De Ridder , R. Huygen , C. Aerts

Highly sensitive and fast photodetector devices with CdSe quantum nanowires as active elements have been developed exploiting the advantages of electro- and wet-chemical routes. Bismuth nanoparticles electrochemically synthesized directly…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-07-20 Alexander Littig , Hauke Lehmann , Christian Klinke , Tobias Kipp , Alf Mews

Spatial resolution of most imaging devices is fundamentally restricted by diffraction. This limitation is manifested in the loss of high spatial frequency information contained in evanescent waves. As a result, conventional far-field optics…

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