Quantum imaging

Quantum imaging

Quantum imaging [ [http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1464-4266/4/3/372 Quantum Imaging] , L A Lugiato et al 2002 J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 4 S176-S183.] , [ [http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=issue&issn=0950-0340&volume=53&issue=5 Special Issue on Quantum Imaging] , Edited by Jonathan Dowling, Alessandra Gatti and Alexander Sergienko, Journal of Modern Optics, Volume 53 No. 5 (2006).] , [ [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=4303053 Quantum Imaging] , Yanhua Shih, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 13 (2007) 1016.] is a new sub-field of quantum optics that exploits quantum correlations such as quantum entanglement of the electromagnetic field in order to image objects with a resolution or other imaging criteria that is beyond what is possible in classical optics. Examples of quantum imaging are quantum ghost imaging, quantum lithography, and quantum sensing. Quantum imaging may someday be useful for storing patterns of data in quantum computers and transmitting large amounts of highly secure encrypted information. Quantum mechanics has shown that light has inherent “uncertainties” in its features, manifested as moment-to-moment fluctuations in its properties. Controlling these fluctuations—which represent a sort of “noise”—can improve detection of faint objects, produce better amplified images, and allow workers to more accurately position laser beams. [ [http://newswise.com/articles/view/541666/ Newswise: Physicists Produce Quantum-Entangled Images] Retrieved on June 12, 2008.]

External links

* [http://www.quantiki.org/wiki/index.php/Quantum_imaging Quantum Imaging Overview at Quantiki] .

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