Quantum, Nonlocal Aberration Cancellation
Quantum Physics
2019-10-09 v1 Optics
Abstract
Phase distortions, or aberrations, can negatively influence the performance of an optical imaging system. Through the use of position-momentum entangled photons, we nonlocally correct for aberrations in one photon's optical path by intentionally introducing the complementary aberrations in the optical path of the other photon. In particular, we demonstrate the simultaneous nonlocal cancellation of aberrations that are of both even and odd order in the photons' transverse degrees of freedom. We also demonstrate a potential application of this technique by nonlocally cancelling the effect of defocus in a quantum imaging experiment and thereby recover the original spatial resolution.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1906.04666,
title = {Quantum, Nonlocal Aberration Cancellation},
author = {A. Nicholas Black and Enno Giese and Boris Braverman and Nicholas Zollo and Stephen M. Barnett and Robert W. Boyd},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.04666},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures