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
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