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Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 083601 (2003) [4 pages]

Demonstration of Dispersion-Canceled Quantum-Optical Coherence Tomography

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Magued B. Nasr, Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Alexander V. Sergienko, and Malvin C. Teich*
Quantum Imaging Laboratory, Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA

Received 18 April 2003; published 22 August 2003

We present an experimental demonstration of quantum-optical coherence tomography. The technique makes use of an entangled twin-photon light source to carry out axial optical sectioning. It is compared to conventional optical coherence tomography. The immunity of the quantum version to dispersion, as well as a factor of 2 enhancement in resolution, is experimentally demonstrated.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.083601
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.083601
PACS:
42.50.Nn, 42.30.Wb, 42.50.Dv

*Electronic address: teich@bu.edu

Electronic address: http://www.bu.edu/qil