Abstract

We experimentally map the transverse profile of diffraction-limited beams using photon-number-resolving detectors. We observe strong compression of diffracted beam profiles for high detected photon number. This effect leads to higher contrast than a conventional irradiance profile between two Airy disk-beams separated by the Rayleigh criterion. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2010
Volume
18
Number of Pages
6033-6039
DOI
10.1364/oe.18.006033
Journal
Optics Express
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