Optical sectioning in induced coherence tomography with frequency-entangled photons

We demonstrate a different scheme to perform optical sectioning of a sample based on the concept of induced coherence [Zou et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 318 (1991)]. This can be viewed as a different type of optical coherence tomography scheme where the varying reflectivity of the sample along the di...

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Autores: Valles Marin, Adam, Jiménez Machado, Gerard|||0000-0002-0841-2195, Salazar Serrano, Luis Jose, Pérez Torres, Juan|||0000-0002-4454-6676
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/117425
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/117425
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.97.023824
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Quantum optics
Optical coherence
Biological physics
Atomic
molecular & optical.
Òptica quàntica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Telecomunicació òptica
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Sumario:We demonstrate a different scheme to perform optical sectioning of a sample based on the concept of induced coherence [Zou et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 318 (1991)]. This can be viewed as a different type of optical coherence tomography scheme where the varying reflectivity of the sample along the direction of propagation of an optical beam translates into changes of the degree of first-order coherence between two beams. As a practical advantage the scheme allows probing the sample with one wavelength and measuring photons with another wavelength. In a bio-imaging scenario, this would result in a deeper penetration into the sample because of probing with longer wavelengths, while still using the optimum wavelength for detection. The scheme proposed here could achieve submicron axial resolution by making use of nonlinear parametric sources with broad spectral bandwidth emission.