Adaptive Optical Imaging with Entangled Photons

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Hauptverfasser: Cameron, Patrick, Courme, Baptiste, Vernière, Chloé, Faccio, Raj Pandya Daniele, Defienne, Hugo
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Veröffentlicht: 2023
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author Cameron, Patrick
Courme, Baptiste
Vernière, Chloé
Faccio, Raj Pandya Daniele
Defienne, Hugo
author_facet Cameron, Patrick
Courme, Baptiste
Vernière, Chloé
Faccio, Raj Pandya Daniele
Defienne, Hugo
contents Adaptive optics (AO) has revolutionized imaging in {fields} from astronomy to microscopy by correcting optical aberrations. In label-free microscopes, however, conventional AO faces limitations due to the absence of guidestar and the need to select an optimization metric specific to the sample and imaging process. Here, we propose an AO approach leveraging correlations between entangled photons to directly correct the point spread function (PSF). This guidestar-free method is independent of the specimen and imaging modality. We demonstrate the imaging of biological samples in the presence of aberrations using a bright-field imaging setup operating with a source of spatially-entangled photon pairs. Our approach performs better than conventional AO in correcting specific aberrations, particularly those involving significant defocus. Our work improves AO for label-free microscopy and could play a major role in the development of quantum microscopes.
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Cameron, Patrick
Courme, Baptiste
Vernière, Chloé
Faccio, Raj Pandya Daniele
Defienne, Hugo
Quantum Physics
Adaptive optics (AO) has revolutionized imaging in {fields} from astronomy to microscopy by correcting optical aberrations. In label-free microscopes, however, conventional AO faces limitations due to the absence of guidestar and the need to select an optimization metric specific to the sample and imaging process. Here, we propose an AO approach leveraging correlations between entangled photons to directly correct the point spread function (PSF). This guidestar-free method is independent of the specimen and imaging modality. We demonstrate the imaging of biological samples in the presence of aberrations using a bright-field imaging setup operating with a source of spatially-entangled photon pairs. Our approach performs better than conventional AO in correcting specific aberrations, particularly those involving significant defocus. Our work improves AO for label-free microscopy and could play a major role in the development of quantum microscopes.
title Adaptive Optical Imaging with Entangled Photons
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.11472