Two-photon interference with true thermal light

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Zhai, Yan Hua ^a   Chen, Xi Hao ^a,b   Zhang, Da ^a   Wu, Ling An ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOTHERMAL LIGHT; SUBWAVELENGTH EFFECTS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 28844445218     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.043805     Document Type: Article

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