• DocumentCode
    2261236
  • Title

    Improvement of image resolution beyond classical limit by phase-sensitive optical parametric amplifier

  • Author

    Huang, Z. ; French, D. ; Pao, H.-Y. ; Jovanovic, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    When an optical parametric amplifier (OPA) operated as a phase-sensitive amplifier (PSA) is used for point source imaging, the angular resolution improvement can defeat the classical Rayleigh limit, and approach the de Broglie resolution.
  • Keywords
    image resolution; optical images; optical parametric amplifiers; Rayleigh limit; angular resolution improvement; de Broglie resolution; image resolution improvement; phase sensitive amplifier; phase sensitive optical parametric amplifier; point source imaging; Image resolution; Nonlinear optics; Optical imaging; Signal resolution; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951508