Title :
Two-photon interference with thermal light
Author :
Scarcelli, Giuliano ; Valencia, Alejandra ; Shih, Yanhua
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548758
