Turbulence-free ghost imaging

Abstract

Atmospheric turbulence is a serious problem for satellite and aircraft-to-ground based classical imaging. Taking advantage of the natural, nonfactorizable, point-to-point correlation of thermal light, this experiment demonstrated turbulence-free ghost imaging, which will be extremely useful for these applications. In addition, this observation suggests that the nontrivial intensity-intensity correlation of thermal light cannot be caused by the statistical correlation of intensity fluctuations.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 14, 2011
Source ID
10.1063/1.3567931

Entities

People

  • Keith S. Deacon
  • Ronald E. Meyers
  • Yanhua Shih

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • United States Army Research Laboratory
  • University of Maryland

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects