Quantum imaging of an obscured object by measurement of reflected photons

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

doi:10.1117/12.797926

5 September 2008 Quantum imaging of an obscured object by measurement of reflected photons

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

Proceedings Volume 7092, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging VI; 70920E (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.797926
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Quantum imaging of an obscured object is achieved by the gated coincidence measurement of first the thermal source transverse intensity and second the measured count of scattered and reflected photons that have traversed the obscurant. Interestingly, the CCD camera is looking at the pseudo thermal source of photons not the object. The image does not exist in the mean, but only in the coincidence and has a higher image quality metric than that achieved by a camera viewing the object through the obscurant.

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Ronald E. Meyers, Keith S. Deacon, and Yanhua Shih "Quantum imaging of an obscured object by measurement of reflected photons", Proc. SPIE 7092, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging VI, 70920E (5 September 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.797926

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