• DocumentCode
    444120
  • Title

    Two-photon interference with thermal light

  • Author

    Scarcelli, Giuliano ; Valencia, Alejandra ; Shih, Yanhua

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    292
  • Abstract
    We report an experiment that extends the concept of two-photon probability amplitude to the general case of independent photons. The experiment also shows interesting practical applications regarding high resolution interference patterns with thermal sources.
  • Keywords
    heat radiation; light interference; quantum optics; two-photon processes; high resolution interference pattern; independent photons; thermal light; thermal sources; two-photon interference; two-photon probability amplitude; Diffraction; Glass; Interference; Lenses; Lithography; Optical interferometry; Physics; Quantum entanglement; Quantum mechanics; State-space methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548758
  • Filename
    1548758