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View SchemaOn the Relationship between Resolution Enhancement and Multiphoton Absorption Rate in Quantum Lithography
| Authors | Mankei Tsang |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0607114 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0607114 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.043813 |
| Journal | Physical Review A 75, 043813 (2007) |
Abstract
The proposal of quantum lithography [Boto et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2733 (2000)] is studied via a rigorous formalism. It is shown that, contrary to Boto et al.'s heuristic claim, the multiphoton absorption rate of a ``NOON'' quantum state is actually lower than that of a classical state with otherwise identical parameters. The proof-of-concept experiment of quantum lithography [D'Angelo et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 013602 (2001)] is also analyzed in terms of the proposed formalism, and the experiment is shown to have a reduced multiphoton absorption rate in order to emulate quantum lithography accurately. Finally, quantum lithography by the use of a jointly Gaussian quantum state of light is investigated, in order to illustrate the trade-off between resolution enhancement and multiphoton absorption rate.
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