Experimental observation of quantum Talbot effects |
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Authors: | Song Xin-Bing Wang Hai-Bo Xiong Jun Wang Kaige Zhang Xiangdong Luo Kai-Hong Wu Ling-An |
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Institution: | Department of Physics, Applied Optics Beijing Area Major Laboratory, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. |
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Abstract: | We report the first experimental observation of quantum Talbot effects with single photons and entangled photon pairs. Both the first- and second-order quantum Talbot self-images are observed experimentally. They exhibit unique properties, which are different from those produced by coherent and incoherent classical light sources. In particular, our experiments show that the revival distance of two-photon Talbot imaging is twice the usual classical Talbot length and there is no net improvement in the resolution, due to the near-field effect of Fresnel diffraction, which is different from the case of previous proof-of-principle quantum lithography experiments in the far field. |
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