Passive optical superresolution at the quantum limit

arXiv:2605.10767 · quant-ph, physics.optics · Submitted 2026-05-11 · Read on arXiv

quant-ph, physics.optics

Submitted: 2026-05-11

Updated: 2026-09-15

Terminology

• Aperture — 17× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Fisher Information — 16× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Chernoff Exponent — 6× in this paper
• Accuracy — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Entanglement — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Analyzer — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 2× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Generalization — 2× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes
• Adaptive Algorithm — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Bayesian Inference — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Error Exponents — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Error Localization — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Quantum Fisher Information (QFI) — 1× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes
• Quantum Physics — 1× in this paper · explained in 10 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Scaling Laws — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• The Chernoff lower bound for symmetric quantum hypothesis testing
• Attaining the quantum limit of passive imaging
• Quantum Limits of Passive Optical Surface Metrology and Defect Detection
• Looking down the rabbit hole: Towards quantum optimal estimation of surface roughness
• Machine learning with sub-diffraction resolution in the photon-counting regime
• Super-resolution microscopy via fluctuation-enhanced spatial mode demultiplexing
• Quantum-limited imaging using diffractive optical neural networks
• Quantum metrology of mixed states via purification
• Adaptive Super-Resolution Imaging Without Prior Knowledge Using a Programmable Spatial-Mode Sorter
• Tsang's resolution enhancement method for imaging with focused illumination
• Passive Imaging with Quantum Advantage
• Quantum Computational-Sensing Advantage

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