Quantifying the advantage of quantum correlation microscopy using arrays of single-photon detectors

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Hauptverfasser: Vasquez-Lozano, Jaret J., Sun, Qiang, Li, Shuo, Greentree, Andrew D.
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author Vasquez-Lozano, Jaret J.
Sun, Qiang
Li, Shuo
Greentree, Andrew D.
author_facet Vasquez-Lozano, Jaret J.
Sun, Qiang
Li, Shuo
Greentree, Andrew D.
contents Quantum correlation microscopy is an emerging technique for improving optical resolution. By taking advantage of the quantum statistics from single-photon fluorophores, more information about the emitters (including number and location) is obtained compared with classical microscopy. Although it is known that the resolution can be improved by increasing detector numbers, as well as using quantum correlation, the quantitative relationship between these two approaches is not immediately clear. Here we explore widefield quantum correlation microscopy using arrays of single-photon detectors. We explicitly compare the use of $N$ detectors used in photon counting mode vs $N/2$ detectors used to measure quantum correlations. i.e., where there are $N/2$ Hanbury Brown and Twiss systems, using the same $N$ detectors, on randomly generated two-emitter systems. We find regimes where $N/2$ Hanbury Brown and Twiss detectors provide improved localisation compared to $N$ photon counting detectors, as a function of emitter position and number of photons sampled.
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spellingShingle Quantifying the advantage of quantum correlation microscopy using arrays of single-photon detectors
Vasquez-Lozano, Jaret J.
Sun, Qiang
Li, Shuo
Greentree, Andrew D.
Optics
Quantum correlation microscopy is an emerging technique for improving optical resolution. By taking advantage of the quantum statistics from single-photon fluorophores, more information about the emitters (including number and location) is obtained compared with classical microscopy. Although it is known that the resolution can be improved by increasing detector numbers, as well as using quantum correlation, the quantitative relationship between these two approaches is not immediately clear. Here we explore widefield quantum correlation microscopy using arrays of single-photon detectors. We explicitly compare the use of $N$ detectors used in photon counting mode vs $N/2$ detectors used to measure quantum correlations. i.e., where there are $N/2$ Hanbury Brown and Twiss systems, using the same $N$ detectors, on randomly generated two-emitter systems. We find regimes where $N/2$ Hanbury Brown and Twiss detectors provide improved localisation compared to $N$ photon counting detectors, as a function of emitter position and number of photons sampled.
title Quantifying the advantage of quantum correlation microscopy using arrays of single-photon detectors
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10794