Characterization of two distant double-slits by chaotic light second-order interference

Year: 2017

Authors: D’Angelo M., Mazzilli A., Pepe FV., Garuccio A., Tamma V.

Autors Affiliation: Univ Bari, Dipartimento Interateneo Fis, I-70126 Bari, Italy;‎ Inst Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy;‎ Ist Nazl Ottica, CNR, I-50125 Florence, Italy;‎ Museo Stor Fis & Ctr Studi & Ric Enrico Fermi, I-00184 Rome, Italy; Univ Ulm, Inst Quantenphys, D-89069 Ulm, Germany;‎ Univ Ulm, Ctr Integrated Quantum Sci & Technol IQST, D-89069 Ulm, Germany;‎ Univ Portsmouth, Inst Cosmol & Gravitat, Dennis Sciama Bldg,Burnaby Rd, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, Hants, England; Univ Portsmouth, SEES, Fac Sci, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, Hants, England

Abstract: We present the experimental characterization of two distant double-slit masks illuminated by chaotic light, in the absence of first-order imaging and interference. The scheme exploits second-order interference of light propagating through two indistinguishable pairs of disjoint optical paths passing through the masks of interest. The proposed technique leads to a deeper understanding of biphoton interference and coherence, and opens the way to the development of novel schemes for retrieving information on the relative position and the spatial structure of distant objects, which is of interest in remote sensing, biomedical imaging, as well as monitoring of laser ablation, when first-order imaging and interference are not feasible.

Journal/Review: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Volume: 7      Pages from: 2247-1  to: 2247-8

More Information: V.T. acknowledges Michele Cassano for useful discussions. The Authors thank Cristina Plantamura for writing the Labview program employed in this experiment. This work has been supported by MIUR project P.O.N. RICERCA E COMPETITIVITA’ 2007-2013 – Avviso n. 713/Ric. del 29/10/2010, Titolo II – Sviluppo/Potenziamento di DAT e di LPP (project n. PON02-00576-3333585). M.D., A.G. and F. V. P. acknowledge support by Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) through the project QUANTUM. V.T. acknowledges the support, during the first part of this project, of the German Space Agency DLR with funds provided by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) under grant no. DLR 50 WM 1556.
KeyWords: Quantum; Simulation; Entanglement
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02236-8

Citations: 14
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