Does quantum ghost imaging need a camera to image an object?

Chané Moodley; Andrew Forbes

doi:10.1117/12.2637900

3 October 2022 Does quantum ghost imaging need a camera to image an object?

Chané Moodley, Andrew Forbes

Proceedings Volume 12218, Laser Beam Shaping XXII; 1221803 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2637900
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2022, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Pairs of entangled photos are used to reconstruct an image in the application area known as quantum ghost imaging. It is the correlation between the photon pair that allows for the reconstruction of the image, as opposed to single photon detection. The entangled photons are spatially separated into two independent paths, one to illuminate the object and the other which is collected by a spatially resolving detector. Initially, ghost imaging experiments accomplished spatially resolving detectors by moving a single-pixel detector throughout a transverse scanning area. Advancements consisted of using ultra-sensitive cameras to avoid a system consisting of physically moving detectors. Ultra-sensitive cameras are, however, expensive and have limited spectral sensitivity. Here we demonstrate an alternative by utilising a spatial light modulator and a bucket detector to spatially resolve what is detected. Importantly, the masks displayed on the spatial light modulator must constitute a complete basis to acquire a completely reconstructed image. Historically, imaging speeds have been slow and inefficient due to the quadratic increase in the scanning capability for spatially resolved detectors and the low light levels associated with quantum experiments. Here we additionally utilise machine and deep learning algorithms to improve both image reconstruction time and resolution. We demonstrate this with a non-degenerate ghost imaging setup where the physical parameters such as the mask type and resolution are varied and controlled on a spatial light modulator. Thereby answering the question: can we image an object without using a camera?

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Chané Moodley and Andrew Forbes "Does quantum ghost imaging need a camera to image an object?", Proc. SPIE 12218, Laser Beam Shaping XXII, 1221803 (3 October 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2637900

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