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Witnessing the survival of time-energy entanglement through biological tissue and scattering media

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 نشر من قبل Charles Camp Jr
 تاريخ النشر 2021
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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We demonstrate the preservation of time-energy entanglement of near-IR photons through thick biological media ($leq$1.55 mm) and tissue ($leq$ 235 $mu$m) at room temperature. Using a Franson-type interferometer, we demonstrate interferometric contrast of over 0.9 in skim milk, 2% milk, and chicken tissue. This work supports the many proposed opportunities for nonclassical light in biological imaging and analyses from sub-shot noise measurements to entanglement-enhanced fluorescence imaging, clearly indicating that the entanglement characteristics of photons can be maintained even after propagation through thick, turbid biological samples.

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