Observation of anticorrelation in incoherent thermal light fields

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Hui
dc.contributor.authorPeng, Tao
dc.contributor.authorKarmakar, Sanjit
dc.contributor.authorXie, Zhenda
dc.contributor.authorShih, Yanhua
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-28T16:10:28Z
dc.date.issued2011-09-19
dc.description.abstractWe wish to report a recent experimental observation of anticorrelation from first-order and second-order incoherent thermal fields in the joint photodetection of two independent photodetectors. In the view of classical theory, the nontrivial second-order correlation of thermal light is caused by the statistical correlation of intensity fluctuations, which can be observed only from first-order coherent thermal radiations. What is the physical cause of this observed anticorrelation, then?
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors wish to thank T. B. Pittman, M. H. Rubin, J. P. Simon, Y. Zhou, G. Scarcelli, and V. Tamma for helpful discussions. This research was partially supported by AFOSR and the ARO-MURI program. Z.X. acknowledges his partial support from the China Scholarship Council.
dc.description.urihttps://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.033835
dc.format.extent12 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m23a8b-fikq
dc.identifier.citationChen, Hui, Tao Peng, Sanjit Karmakar, Zhenda Xie, and Yanhua Shih. “Observation of Anticorrelation in Incoherent Thermal Light Fields.” Physical Review A 84, no. 3 (2011): 033835. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.033835.
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dc.subjectUMBC Quantum Optics Laboratory
dc.titleObservation of anticorrelation in incoherent thermal light fields
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