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High-sensitivity imaging with quantum spatial correlation of twin beams

A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, Lucia Caspani, Ottavia Jedrkiewicz, Luigi A. Lugiato

Published Jun 7, 2007• 0 citations

Abstract

We propose an imaging scheme based on the quantum spatial correlation of twin beams generated by PDC, and we show that it provides a substantial enhancement of the signal-to-noise ratio with respect to classical schemes.

DOI: 10.1117/12.724529

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