• DocumentCode
    499707
  • Title

    Signal-to-noise ratio of Gaussian-state ghost imaging

  • Author

    Erkmen, Baris I. ; Shapiro, Jeffrey H.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The signal-to-noise ratios of pseudothermal and biphoton ghost imagers are derived and compared by means of a unified Gaussian-state analysis.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; optical images; photodetectors; quantum optics; Gaussian-state analysis; Gaussian-state ghost imaging; biphoton ghost imager; continuous-wave laser beam; photodetector; pseudothermal state; quantum source; signal-to-noise ratio; Brightness; Correlators; Detectors; Diffraction; Erbium; Gaussian processes; Optical imaging; Photoconductivity; Photodetectors; Signal to noise ratio; (030.1640) Coherence; (110.4980) Partial coherence in imaging; (270.5290) Photon statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225061