Quantum imaging with ultra-thin metasurfaces

Jongwon Lee

doi:10.1038/s41377-025-01830-0

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- Quantum imaging with ultra-thin metasurfaces
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 14, Issue 5, Pages: 1185-1187(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  Department of Electrical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
- Author bio：
  
  Jongwon Lee (jongwonlee@unist.ac.kr)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-025-01830-0
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- Published Online：02 April 2025，
  
  Published：31 May 2025
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Lee, J. Quantum imaging with ultra-thin metasurfaces. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 1185-1187 (2025).
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Lee, J. Quantum imaging with ultra-thin metasurfaces. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 1185-1187 (2025). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-025-01830-0.

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Abstract

Nonlinear optical metasurfaces

which relax the phase-matching constraints of bulk nonlinear crystals and allow for precise engineering

are opening new possibilities in the field of quantum photonics. Recent advancements have experimentally demonstrated high-resolution 2D imaging using a 1D detector array by combining quantum ghost imaging and all-optical scanning with spatially entangled photon pairs generated from a nonlinear metasurface. These findings establish metasurfaces as a promising platform for quantum imaging

communications

and sensing applications.

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