TY - GEN
T1 - Quantum entanglement for optical lithography and microscopy beyond the Rayleigh limit
AU - Bentley, S. J.
AU - Boyd, R. W.
AU - Nagasako, E. M.
AU - Agarwal, G. S.
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - Summary form only given. Recently, Boto et al. (see Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 85, p. 2773, 2000) showed that using N entangled photons and an N-photon responsive lithographic recording medium, one could potentially write lithographic gratings with a resolution that is N times better than the classical Rayleigh criterion. An anticipated experimental difficulty is that such beams are weak, yet strong fields are needed to excite the N-photon absorption process. For the case of N=2, which was described in detail by Boto et al., we propose a method to overcome this problem. We also propose to use this idea "in reverse" to perform microscopy with better resolution than aloowed by the Rayleigh limit.
AB - Summary form only given. Recently, Boto et al. (see Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 85, p. 2773, 2000) showed that using N entangled photons and an N-photon responsive lithographic recording medium, one could potentially write lithographic gratings with a resolution that is N times better than the classical Rayleigh criterion. An anticipated experimental difficulty is that such beams are weak, yet strong fields are needed to excite the N-photon absorption process. For the case of N=2, which was described in detail by Boto et al., we propose a method to overcome this problem. We also propose to use this idea "in reverse" to perform microscopy with better resolution than aloowed by the Rayleigh limit.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84958251040
U2 - 10.1109/QELS.2001.961865
DO - 10.1109/QELS.2001.961865
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84958251040
T3 - Technical Digest - Summaries of Papers Presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2001
SP - 68
EP - 69
BT - Technical Digest - Summaries of Papers Presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2001
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2001
Y2 - 6 May 2001 through 11 May 2001
ER -