Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 4, 0427001(2023)
Quantum-Enhancement Microscopy with Six-Photon Twin-Fock State
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Xiaoju Ren, Huili Zheng, ZeZhun Shi, GuangRi Jin. Quantum-Enhancement Microscopy with Six-Photon Twin-Fock State[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(4): 0427001
Category: Quantum Optics
Received: Aug. 3, 2022
Accepted: Sep. 13, 2022
Published Online: Feb. 16, 2023
The Author Email: Jin GuangRi (grjin@zstu.edu.cn)