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Theoretical investigation of the quantum noise in ghost imaging

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

Ghost imaging is a method to nonlocally image an object by transmitting pairs of entangled photons through the object and a reference optical system respectively. We present a theoretical analysis of the quantum noise in this imaging technique. The dependence of the noise on the properties of the apertures in the imaging system are discussed and demonstrated with a numerical example. For a given source, the resolution and the signal-to-noise ratio cannot be improved at the same time .

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0408123,
  title  = {Theoretical investigation of the quantum noise in ghost imaging},
  author = {Jing Cheng and Shensheng Han},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0408123},
  year   = {2009}
}