Two-Photon Imaging with Thermal Light

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7476-6119
 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1736-077X
 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8206-3982

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2005-02-16

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Valencia, Alejandra, Giuliano Scarcelli, Milena D’Angelo, and Yanhua Shih. “Two-Photon Imaging with Thermal Light.” Physical Review Letters 94, no. 6 (2005): 063601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.063601.

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UMBC Quantum Optics Laboratory

Abstract

We report the first experimental demonstration of two-photon imaging with a pseudothermal source. Similarly to the case of entangled states, a two-photon Gaussian thin lens equation is observed, indicating EPR type correlation in position. We introduce the concepts of two-photon coherent and two-photon incoherent imaging. The differences between the entangled and the thermal cases are explained in terms of these concepts.