Two-photon “ghost” 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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2005-05-22

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Valencia, Alejandra, Giuliano Scarcelli, Milena D’Angelo, and Yanhua Shih. “Two-Photon ‘Ghost’ Imaging with Thermal Light.” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies (2005), Paper QThD2, Optica Publishing Group, May 22, 2005, QThD2. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=QELS-2005-QThD2.

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Photonic entanglement
Parametric down conversion
Photon counting
Beam splitters
Multimode fibers
Ghost imaging
UMBC Quantum Optics Laboratory

Abstract

We report the first experimental demonstration of thermal “ghost” imaging. Similarly to the case of entangled states, a two-photon Gaussian thin lens equation is observed. Differences and similarities to entangled “ghost” imaging are discussed.