Demonstration of Dispersion-Cancelled Quantum-Optical Coherence Tomography
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چکیده
We present an experimental demonstration of quantum optical coherence tomography (QOCT). The technique makes use of an entangled twin-photon light source to carry out axial optical sectioning. QOCT is compared to conventional optical coherence tomography (OCT). The immunity of QOCT to dispersion, as well as a factor of two enhancement in resolution, are experimentally demonstrated. PACS numbers: 42.50.Nn, 42.50.Dv, 42.30.Wb ∗ Email address: [email protected] † URL: http://www.bu.edu/qil
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