Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Sub-Rayleigh Imaging via N-Photon Detection

Fabrizio Guerrieri, Lorenzo Maccone, Franco N. C. Wong, Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Simone Tisa, Franco Zappa

Published Jan 1, 2010• 4 citations

Abstract

We demonstrate resolution enhancement beyond the Rayleigh diffraction limit using an N-photon detection strategy that is implemented with a single-photon imager. Experimental results are in good agreement with theory proposed by Giovannetti et al. [1].

DOI: 10.1364/qels.2010.qthn2

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