Superresolving Multiphoton Interferences with Independent Light Sources
Steffen Oppel, Thiess Büttner, Pieter Kok, Joachim von Zanthier · Physical Review Letters · 2012
We propose to use multiphoton interferences from statistically independent light sources in combination with linear optical detection techniques to enhance the resolution in imaging. Experimental results with up to five independent thermal light sources confirm this approach to improve the spatial resolution. Since no involved quantum state preparation or detection is required, the experiment can be considered an extension of the Hanbury Brown-Twiss experiment for spatial intensity correlations of order N>2.