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Quantum image distillation with undetected light

Jorge Fuenzalida, Marta Gilaberte Basset, Sebastian Töpfer, Juan P. Torres, Markus Gräfe

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

The distillation of genuine object data from noise when recoding an image is of immense value in modern microscopy. We demonstrate, an approach in the realm of quantum imaging without the need of measuring correlations.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_fs.2024.ff1k.3

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