Correlated two-photon imaging with true thermal light

Da Zhang; Xi-Hao Chen; Yan-Hua Zhai; Ling-An Wu

doi:10.1364/OL.30.002354

Correlated two-photon imaging with true thermal light

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v2

Authors: Da Zhang , Xi-Hao Chen , Yan-Hua Zhai , Ling-An Wu

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Abstract

We report the first experimental demonstration of two-photon correlated imaging with true thermal light from a hollow cathode lamp. The coherence time of the source is much shorter than that of previous experiments using random scattered light from a laser. A two-pinhole mask was used as object, and the corresponding thin lens equation was well satisfied. Since thermal light sources are easier to obtain and measure than entangled light it is conceivable that they may be used in special imaging applications.

Keywords

quantum optics

Cite

@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0503122,
  title  = {Correlated two-photon imaging with true thermal light},
  author = {Da Zhang and Xi-Hao Chen and Yan-Hua Zhai and Ling-An Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0503122},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

3 pages, 5 figures, accepted by Optics Letters

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