Entangled-photon compressive ghost imaging

Journal Article · Thu Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.061804· OSTI ID:22095532

Zerom, Petros ^[1]; Chan, Kam Wai Clifford ^[2]; Howell, John C. ^[3]; Boyd, Robert W. ^[1]

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1. Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (United States)
2. Rochester Optical Manufacturing Company, 1260 Lyell Avenue, Rochester, New York 14606 (United States)
3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, 500 Wilson Boulevard, Rochester, New York 14627 (United States)

We have experimentally demonstrated high-resolution compressive ghost imaging at the single-photon level using entangled photons produced by a spontaneous parametric down-conversion source and using single-pixel detectors. For a given mean-squared error, the number of photons needed to reconstruct a two-dimensional image is found to be much smaller than that in quantum ghost imaging experiments employing a raster scan. This procedure not only shortens the data acquisition time, but also suggests a more economical use of photons for low-light-level and quantum image formation.

• OSTI ID: 22095532
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 84, Issue 6; 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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TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
VISIBLE RADIATION