Quantum Imaging Yanhua Shih, Morton H. Rubin, and Fow-Sen Choa University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 21250 Quantum Imaging - UMBC Objective Study the physics of multi-photon imaging for entangled state, coherent state and chaotic thermal state: distinguish their quantum and classical nature, in particular, the necessary and/or unnecessary role of quantum entangle- ment in quantum imaging and lithography. Magic mirror for ghost imaging. Muti-photon sources and measurement devices. ApproachAccomplishments Using entangled two-photon and three-photon states created via optical nonlinear interaction in spontaneous and stimulated modes for multi- photon spatial correlation study and imaging; Using chaotic pseudothermal source, coherent source for two-photon spatial correlation study and ghost imaging; Using photon counting and classical current- current correlation circuit to explore the nature of two-photon correlation. * The physics of two-photon imaging of chaotic thermal light: PRL, 96, (2006). * The physics of quantum lithography: Is entangle- ment dispensable in quantum lithography? (submitted for publication). * The source: Generation of true triphoton state: immediately applicable for three-photon imaging and lithography (submitted for publication). Experimentally observed triphoton wavepacket. * The detector: Fabrication of 2-D APD arrays with improved photon counting characteristics. Quantum Imaging - UMBC Part I The physics of quantum imaging and lithography - Is entanglement dispensable in quantum lithography? Classical Lithography Optical lithography is a printing method in which light is used to etch a substrate (a reduced-size image of complicated patterns is reproduced onto a microchip). Geometric Optics: POINT-to-POINT relationship between the OBJECT and the IMAGE planes. If light always follows the law of geometrical optics, the image plane and the object plane would have a point-to-point relationship which means an unlimited ability of making demagnified image. t( Classical Lithography Optical lithography is a printing method in which light is used to etch a substrate (a reduced-size image of complicated patterns is reproduced onto a microchip). DIFFRACTION: POINT-to-SPOT relationship between the OBJECT and the IMAGE planes Unfortunately, light is wave. The finite size of the spot, defined by the point-spread function, determines the spatial resolution of the imaging setup and limits the ability to produce demagnified images !! t( Classical Rayleigh Limit somb(x) = 2J 1 (x) / x point-spread function (resolution) | obj d o t( o ) somb (R/s o 2 | o + i /m|) | 2 Coherent I( i ) = obj d o |t( o )| 2 |somb (R/s o 2 | o + i /m|)| 2 Incoherent The resolution is constrained by the Rayleigh diffraction limit: /2 !!! 1/s o +1/s i = 1/f m =s i / s o R: lens radius t Quantum Lithography: beyond classical limit The resolution is improved by a factor of 2 (as if one used a classical source with wavelength /2) !! 1/s o +1/s i = 1/f m =s i / s o R: lens radius What is so special about entangled two-photon state? Can quantum mechanical physical reality be considered complete? Einstein, Poldosky, Rosen, Phys. Rev. 47, 777 (1935). (2) Pointed out a surprising phenomenon: the momentum (position) for neither subsystem is known; however, if one particle is measured to have a certain momentum (position), the momentum (position) of its twin is known with certainty, despite the distance between them! (1)Proposed the entangled two-particle state according to the principle of quantum superposition: What is so special about entangled two-photon states? EPR correlation: In EPRs language, the signal and the idler may come out from any point of the object plane; however, if the signal (idler) is found in a certain position, the idler (signal) must be found in the same position, with 100% certainty. On the output plane of the source The entangled photon pair comes out from a point of the object plane, undergoes two-photon diffraction, thus, results in twice narrower point spread function on the image plane. What is so special about entangled two-photon states? ksks kiki Greens function, or optical transfer function (Fourier optics) Biphoton Coherent Chaotic Two-photon diffraction: proof of principle of Quantum Lithography The measurement was on the Fourier transform plane instead of the image plane: twice narrower interference/diffraction pattern!! Boto et al., PRL 85, 2733 (2000) M. DAngelo, M.V. Checkova, and Y.H. Shih, PRL, 87, (2001). Unfolded version Two-photon diffraction and quantum lithography Degenerate Collinear type-II SPDC Double-slit VERY close to the crystal The measurement is on the Fourier transform plane. M. DAngelo, M.V. Checkova, and Y.H. Shih, PRL, 87, (2001). Experimental Data After 2 nd Fourier transform, on the image plane, the spatial resolution gains a factor of 2, beyond the classical limit! SPDC: 916nm Classical Laser light: 916nm Double Spatial Resolution on the Image Plane Classical Diffraction Diffraction of an entangled pair Is Entanglement Dispensable in Quantum Lithography? The unique EPR correlation of (x 1 - x 2 ) & (p 1 + p 2 ) made entangled state very special: the pair comes out from a point on the object plane, under goes two-photon diffraction, and stops at a point on the image plane. The two- photon diffraction provide us sub-wavelength spatial resolution ( ). G. Scarcelli, M. DAngelo and Y.H. Shih. Is Entanglement Dispensable in Quantum Lithography? to be published, 2006, G. Scarcelli, M. DAngelo and Y.H. Shih. Quantum Imaging - UMBC Part II The physics of second-order correlation of chaotic light - ghost imaging of thermal light Hanbury Brown and Twiss 1956 Position of Detector Counts Position of Detector Counts Joint Detection Position of Detector Coincidences D1D1 D2D2 aa bb An interpretation: Copies of Speckles Laser Beam It is a trivial wrong idea: G (2) = constant for laser light. More Problems Joint Detection Entangled Photon Source Classical Statistical Correlation of Intensity Fluctuations does not work for Entangled States ??? Position of Detector Coincidences 0 1 The physics ? Can Two-photon Correlation of Chaotic Light Be Considered as Correlation of Intensity Fluctuations? PRL, 96, (2006) (G. Scarcelli,V. Berardi, and Y.H. Shih). S.C X2X2 X2X2 D2D2 D1D1 Two-Photon Imaging X2X2 C.C X2X2 Pseudothermal source Ghost Image with chaotic light Correlator Photon Counting Correlation Measurement Near-field Martienssen-Spiller (1964) Results True Image ? Correlation Measurement Results What is the similarity and difference between this experiment and HBT? Question 1 Ghost Imaging and HBT k-k Momentum-Momentum Correlation x-x Position-Position Correlation IMAGE Why the statistical correlation between intensity fluctuations is not valid for this experiment ? Question 2 Source Image Plane Object Plane BS Unlike HBT, it is not in far-fieldevery point of the image plane is hit by many ks of the radiation. For chaotic light, all modes are chaotically independent! (1)Statistical Correlation of Intensity Fluctuations? No ! (2) Statistical Correlation of Intensity Fluctuations? No ! The correlations are washed out by the bucket detection SourceImage Plane Object Plane BS Bucket Detector Question 3 Alternative Interpretation ? Two-photon interference Two-photon Chaotic light Source Image Plane Object Plane BS Glauber theory Two-photon interference Indistinguishable two-photon probability amplitudes result in a click-click joint detection event. D1D1 D2D2 Source Two-photon interference Back to the standard result in terms of first-order correlation functions IMAGE The ground camera is pointed to a magic mirror in space. A point like photo-detector D 1 collects all photons coming from the object and records the photon registration time. By studying the time correlation between the photon registration times of D 1 and each of the CCD element, a ghost image is obtained in coincidences. A possible application: ghost camera. Quantum Imaging - UMBC Part III Multi-photon sources - A true entangled three-photon state 1 1 2 2 3 pp pp Feynman diagram: three-photon generation. The triphoton state Keller, Rubin, Shih, Wu, PRA 57, 2076 (1998). 2D photonic crystal: hexagonally poled LiTaO 3 Schematic setup of the three-photon correlation measurement G (3) measurement Experimental data & Numerical simulation