Back to sources -- the role of losses and coherence in super-resolution imaging revisited

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2103.12096v3
• Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 08:14:54 GMT
• Title: Back to sources -- the role of losses and coherence in super-resolution imaging revisited
• Authors: Stanislaw Kurdzialek
• Abstract summary: We compute the Quantum Fisher Information for the generic model of optical 4f imaging system. We prove that the spatial-mode demultiplexing measurement, optimal for non-coherent sources, remains optimal for an arbitrary degree of coherence.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Photon losses are intrinsic for any translationally invariant optical imaging system with a non-trivial Point Spread Function, and the relation between the transmission factor and the coherence properties of an imaged object is universal -- we demonstrate the rigorous proof of this statement, based on the principles of quantum mechanics. The fundamental limit on the precision of estimating separation between two partially coherent sources is then derived. The careful study of the role of photon losses allows to resolve conflicting claims present in previous works. We compute the Quantum Fisher Information for the generic model of optical 4f imaging system, and use prior considerations to validate the result for a general, translationally invariant imaging apparatus. We prove that the spatial-mode demultiplexing (SPADE) measurement, optimal for non-coherent sources, remains optimal for an arbitrary degree of coherence. Moreover, we show that some approximations, omnipresent in theoretical works about optical imaging, inevitably lead to unphysical, zero-transmission models, resulting in misleading claims regarding fundamental resolution limits.

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