High-resolution single-photon imaging based on fast AOM supplementary scanning

Weihua Zhang; Zhaohui Li; Yurong Wang; Didi Zhai; Dayu Wang; Mingzhi Fei; Pengcheng Zhang; Xiuliang Chen; Haifeng Pan; Guang Wu

doi:10.3788/COL202523.111101

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 11, 111101(2025)

High-resolution single-photon imaging based on fast AOM supplementary scanning

Weihua Zhang¹, Zhaohui Li^1、*, Yurong Wang¹, Didi Zhai¹, Dayu Wang¹, Mingzhi Fei¹, Pengcheng Zhang¹, Xiuliang Chen¹, Haifeng Pan¹, and Guang Wu^1,2、**

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China

²Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

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Weihua Zhang, Zhaohui Li, Yurong Wang, Didi Zhai, Dayu Wang, Mingzhi Fei, Pengcheng Zhang, Xiuliang Chen, Haifeng Pan, Guang Wu, "High-resolution single-photon imaging based on fast AOM supplementary scanning," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 111101 (2025)

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