Universal Journal of Physics and Application Vol. 2(3-4), pp. 261 - 272
Reprint (PDF) (560Kb)

IMPROVING QUANTUM MICROSCOPY VIA RAMAN PHOTON PAIRS

AUTHOR(S) INFORMATION: Scully M.O.

ABSTRACT

In ordinary (classical) microscopy and lithography, the limit of resolution is governed by the wavelength of light used to illuminate the sample. However, by using the correlated photon pairs produced in Raman quantum erasure, the resolution of two-photon quantum microscopy is substantially improved. To that end, we here derive the two-photon quantum state generated by sequential Raman emissions and investigate potential applications. The photon-photon correlation function for Raman pairs is of interest in itself and has features in common with photon antibunching.