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Quantum lithography with classical light.

Authors :
Hemmer PR
Muthukrishnan A
Scully MO
Zubairy MS
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2006 Apr 28; Vol. 96 (16), pp. 163603. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Apr 28.
Publication Year :
2006

Abstract

We show how to achieve subwavelength diffraction and imaging with classical light, previously thought to require quantum fields. By correlating wave vector and frequency in a narrow band, multiphoton detection process that uses Doppleron-type resonances, we show how to achieve arbitrary focal and image plane patterning with classical laser light at submultiples of the Rayleigh limit, with high efficiency, visibility, and spatial coherence. A frequency-selective measurement process thus allows one to simulate, semiclassically, the path-number correlations that distinguish a quantum entangled field.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0031-9007
Volume :
96
Issue :
16
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
16712229
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.163603