Technique - (1) Entangled-Photon-Pair Correlation Microscopy and Quantum-Enhanced Adaptive Optics

Type: Experimental

Description: Exploiting spatial correlations and Hong-Ou-Mandel-type interference between entangled photon pairs to perform aberration-correcting, scattering-robust microscopy without a spatial light modulator.

Department(s)/lab(s): Institut des NanoSciences de Paris (INSP) | Quantum Imaging Paris @ Sorbonne
Summary:

Defienne leads the Quantum Imaging Paris group at INSP, using spatial correlations and Hong-Ou-Mandel-type interference between entangled photon pairs to build microscopes that see through scattering media and correct optical aberrations without a spatial light modulator. His ERC-funded CORAMI project develops correlation-based adaptive optics as a universal add-on module for existing microscopes, targeting deeper (>1 mm), higher-contrast in-vivo imaging for neuroscientists, dermatologists, and ophthalmologists.