Ghost imaging of phase objects with classical incoherent light

Journal Article · Sat Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.041801· OSTI ID:22080310

Shirai, Tomohiro ^[1]; Setaelae, Tero ^[2]; Friberg, Ari T ^[2]

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1. Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-2-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-8564 (Japan)
2. Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, P.O. Box 13500, FI-00076 Aalto (Finland)

We describe an optical setup for performing spatial Fourier filtering in ghost imaging with classical incoherent light. This is achieved by a modification of the conventional geometry for lensless ghost imaging. It is shown on the basis of classical coherence theory that with this technique one can realize what we call phase-contrast ghost imaging to visualize pure phase objects.

• OSTI ID: 22080310
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 84, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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