“Interaction-free” imaging

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 605-613

  White, Andrew G ^a   Mitchell, Jay R ^a   Nairz, Olaf ^a   Kwiat, Paul G ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001427069     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.605     Document Type: Article

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17. As can be seen from the scan of the thick optical fiber, imaging thick objects that can steer the light is nontrivial. Our current system is better suited to imaging thin objects where this does not occur to any great extent, such as some varieties of cells.