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Super-resolution with quantum light

Quantum correlations from photon antibunching enhance the resolution of image scanning microscopy in biological imaging by twofold, four times beyond the diffraction limit.

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Fig. 1: The Q-ISM approach to imaging.

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Forbes, A., Rodriguez-Fajardo, V. Super-resolution with quantum light. Nature Photon 13, 76–77 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-018-0344-8

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