We characterize the absorption of realistic Maximally Path Entangled Number States. Specifically we investigate the result of down conversion, filters and a beam splitter. Our goal is maximal absorption. Applications include Quantum Lithography and Metrology.

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Two-photon absorption of path-entangled number states

Petr M. Anisimov, William N. Plick, Christoph F. Wildfeuer, Hwang Lee, Jonathan P. Dowling

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In this paper we examine the

N

-photon absorption properties of maximally path-entangled number states (

N00N

states). We consider two cases. The first involves the

N

-photon absorption properties of the ideal

N00N

state, one that does not include spectral information. We study how the

N

-photon absorption probability of this state scales with

N

, confirming results presented by others in a previous paper by a different method. We compare this to the absorption probability of various other states. The second case is that of two-photon absorption for an

N=2

N00N

state generated from a type-II spontaneous down-conversion event. In this situation we find that the absorption probability is both better than analogous coherent light (due to frequency entanglement) and highly dependent on the optical setup. We show that the poor production rates of quantum states of light may be partially mitigated by adjusting the spectral parameters to improve their two-photon absorption rates. This work has application to quantum imaging, particularly quantum lithography, where the

N

-photon absorbing process in the lithographic resist must be optimized for practical applications.