• DocumentCode
    2256261
  • Title

    The first ghost image using sun as a light source

  • Author

    Karmakar, Sanjit ; Zhai, Yan-Hua ; Chen, Hui ; Shih, Yanhua

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    This article reports first experimental demonstration on two-photon ghost imaging using the sun as a light source. This experimental results raises a fundamentally important question about whether the nonlocal ghost-imaging effect of classical thermal light is caused by quantum-mechanical two-photon interference. Ghost imaging using the Sun as a light source could also achieve spatial resolution equivalent to that of a classical imaging system taking pictures at a distance of 10km with a 92m-diameter lens.
  • Keywords
    Sun; lenses; light interference; light sources; quantum optics; quantum theory; distance 10 km; lens; light source; nonlocal ghost-imaging effect; quantum-mechanical two-photon interference; size 92 m; spatial resolution; sun; thermal light; two-photon ghost imaging; Correlation; Detectors; Imaging; Interference; Light sources; Photonics; Sun;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951293