Quantum enhanced non-interferometric quantitative phase imaging

Giuseppe Ortolano; Alberto Paniate; Pauline Boucher; Carmine Napoli; Sarika Soman; Silvania F. Pereira; Ivano Ruo-Berchera; Marco Genovese

doi:10.1038/s41377-023-01215-1

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Quantum enhanced non-interferometric quantitative phase imaging

Original Articles

- Quantum enhanced non-interferometric quantitative phase imaging
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 12, Issue 8, Pages: 1633-1643(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Quantum Metrology and Nano Technology Division, INRiM, Strada delle Cacce 91, 10135 Torino, Italy
  2.DISAT, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
  3.Imaging Physics Department Optics Research Group, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628CJ Delft, The Netherlands
- Author bio：
  
  Giuseppe Ortolano (g.ortolano@inrim.it)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-023-01215-1
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- Published：31 August 2023，
  
  Published Online：11 July 2023，
  
  Received：17 March 2023，
  
  Revised：21 June 2023，
  
  Accepted：23 June 2023
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Ortolano, G. et al. Quantum enhanced non-interferometric quantitative phase imaging. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 1633-1643 (2023).
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Ortolano, G. et al. Quantum enhanced non-interferometric quantitative phase imaging. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 1633-1643 (2023). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-023-01215-1.

摘要

Abstract

Quantum entanglement and squeezing have significantly improved phase estimation and imaging in interferometric settings beyond the classical limits. However

for a wide class of non-interferometric phase imaging/retrieval methods vastly used in the classical domain

e.g.

ptychography and diffractive imaging

a demonstration of quantum advantage is still missing. Here

we fill this gap by exploiting entanglement to enhance imaging of a pure phase object in a non-interferometric setting

only measuring the phase effect on the free-propagating field. This method

based on the so-called "transport of intensity equation"

is quantitative since it provides the absolute value of the phase without prior knowledge of the object and operates in wide-field mode

so it does not need time-consuming raster scanning. Moreover

it does not require spatial and temporal coherence of the incident light. Besides a general improvement of the image quality at a fixed number of photons irradiated through the object

resulting in better discrimination of small details

we demonstrate a clear reduction of the uncertainty in the quantitative phase estimation. Although we provide an experimental demonstration of a specific scheme in the visible spectrum

this research also paves the way for applications at different wavelengths

e.g.

X-ray imaging

where reducing the photon dose is of utmost importance.

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