High Photon Information Efficient imaging using single photon source

Reihaneh Shahrokhshahi, Niranjan Sridhar, Olivier Pfister, Saikat Guha, Jonathan Habif, Aaron Miller, Adriana Lita, Brice Calkins, Thomas Gerrits, Antia Lamas-Linares, Sae Woo Nam

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Abstract

We report progress towards information-efficient quantum imaging. We implemented a 4-mode interferometer (Fig.1) which uses both polarization and spatial encoding to image Hadamard-encoded phase arrays. We used this interferometer with a single-photon source to achieve the theoretical goal of Photon Information Efficiency (PIE)= 2 bits per photon (bpp). This demonstration is a particular case of a generalized M-path interferometer which can yield log2M bits of information with a single measurement of a single photon, the photon being placed in the W state 1/√M (|100·· ·0+|010···0+|000···1). We also demonstrated that a heralded single-photon source can attain a higher PIE than coherent or thermal light.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Print)9781557529725
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013 - San Jose, CA, United States
Duration: Jun 9 2013Jun 14 2013

Publication series

Name2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013

Other

Other2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Jose, CA
Period6/9/136/14/13

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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