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Quantum ghost imaging through turbulence

P. Ben Dixon, Gregory A. Howland, Kam Wai Clifford Chan, Colin O’Sullivan-Hale, Brandon Rodenburg, Nicholas D. Hardy, Jeffrey H. Shapiro, D. S. Simon, A. V. Sergienko, R. W. Boyd, and John C. Howell
Phys. Rev. A 83, 051803(R) – Published 26 May 2011

Abstract

We investigate the effect of turbulence on quantum ghost imaging. We use entangled photons and demonstrate that for a specific experimental configuration the effect of turbulence can be greatly diminished. By decoupling the entangled photon source from the ghost-imaging central image plane, we are able to dramatically increase the ghost-image quality. When imaging a test pattern through turbulence, this method increases the imaged pattern visibility from V=0.15±0.04 to 0.42±0.04.

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  • Received 3 February 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.051803

©2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

P. Ben Dixon1, Gregory A. Howland1, Kam Wai Clifford Chan2, Colin O’Sullivan-Hale3, Brandon Rodenburg3, Nicholas D. Hardy4, Jeffrey H. Shapiro4, D. S. Simon5, A. V. Sergienko5, R. W. Boyd1,3, and John C. Howell1

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
  • 2Rochester Optical Manufacturing Company, Rochester, New York 14606, USA
  • 3Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
  • 4Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
  • 5Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA

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Vol. 83, Iss. 5 — May 2011

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