Structured-beam interferometer

Real-time 12-photon superresolution

This interferometer achieves superresolution equivalent to a 12-photon de Broglie wavelength by cascaded upconversion of orbital angular momentum states, operating in real time with classical light.

Zhang, Xinyu · Wu, Haijun · Yu, Bing Shi · Rosales-Guzmán, Carmelo · Zhu, Zhihan · Hu, Xiaopeng · Shi, Baosen · Zhu, Shining

Laser and Photonics Reviews 2023

Advantages

Real-time observation of a 12-photon de Broglie wavelength

Interference visibility is nearly perfect

Uses only a low-cost detector