TY - JOUR
T1 - Superresolution of two unbalanced point sources assisted by the entangled partner
AU - Sajia, Abdelali
AU - Qian, Xiao Feng
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PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - Sub-diffraction-limit resolution, or superresolution, has been successfully demonstrated in recent theoretical and experimental studies for two equal-brightness and incoherent point sources. However, practical situations of either nonequal brightness (i.e., unbalancedness) or partial coherence are shown to have fatal effects on such superresolution. As a step towards resolving such issues, we consider the effects of both unbalancedness and a form of partial coherence (i.e., quantum state coherence) together by including an entangled degree of freedom of the two point sources. Unexpectedly, it is found that the two negative effects can counteraffect each other, thus permitting credible superresolution, when the measurement is analyzed in the entangled partner's rotated basis. The least resolvable non-zero two-source separation is also identified analytically. Our result represents useful guidance towards the realization of superresolution for practical point sources. The vector-structure analog of quantum and classical light sources also suggests that our analysis applies to both contexts.
AB - Sub-diffraction-limit resolution, or superresolution, has been successfully demonstrated in recent theoretical and experimental studies for two equal-brightness and incoherent point sources. However, practical situations of either nonequal brightness (i.e., unbalancedness) or partial coherence are shown to have fatal effects on such superresolution. As a step towards resolving such issues, we consider the effects of both unbalancedness and a form of partial coherence (i.e., quantum state coherence) together by including an entangled degree of freedom of the two point sources. Unexpectedly, it is found that the two negative effects can counteraffect each other, thus permitting credible superresolution, when the measurement is analyzed in the entangled partner's rotated basis. The least resolvable non-zero two-source separation is also identified analytically. Our result represents useful guidance towards the realization of superresolution for practical point sources. The vector-structure analog of quantum and classical light sources also suggests that our analysis applies to both contexts.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.033244
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.033244
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85139258367
SN - 2643-1564
VL - 4
JO - Physical Review Research
JF - Physical Review Research
IS - 3
M1 - 033244
ER -