Super sub-wavelength patterns in photon coincidence detection

@article{Liu2014SuperSP,
  title={Super sub-wavelength patterns in photon coincidence detection},
  author={Ruifeng Liu and Pei Zhang and Yu Zhou and Hong Gao and Fuli Li},
  journal={Scientific Reports},
  year={2014},
  volume={4}
}
High-precision measurements implemented with light are desired in all fields of science. However, light acts as a wave, and the Rayleigh criterion in classical optics yields a diffraction limit that prevents obtaining a resolution smaller than the wavelength. Sub-wavelength interference has potential application in lithography because it beats the classical Rayleigh resolution limit. Here, we carefully study second-order correlation theory to establish the physics behind sub-wavelength… 
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