Two-photon diffraction and quantum lithography

Abstract

We report a proof-of-principle experimental demonstration of quantum lithography. Utilizing the entangled nature of a two-photon state, the experimental results have bettered the classical diffraction limit by a factor of two. This is a quantum mechanical two-photon phenomenon but not a violation of the uncertainty principle.

5 pages, 5 figures Submitted to Physical Review Letters

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