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Ghost interference and diffraction based on the beam splitter

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A simple scheme is proposed for observing the ghost interference and diffraction. The signal and the idler beams are produced by a beam splitter with the incident light being in a thermal state. A slit is inserted into the signal beam. We derive rigorously that interference-diffraction patterns can be observed in the first-order correlation by scanning the probe in the idler beam.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9707030,
  title  = {Ghost interference and diffraction based on the beam splitter},
  author = {Lu-Ming Duan and Guang-Can Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9707030},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, 1 figures, Latex