Experimental observation of lensless ghost imaging by measuring reflected photons

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 671-675

  Bisht, Nandan S ^a,b   Sharma, Enakshi K ^b   Kandpal, H C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Coherence; Correlation; Pseudo thermal; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE WIDTH; DOUBLE SLITS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GHOST IMAGE; GHOST IMAGING; INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MULTIPLE-SCATTERING MEDIUM; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; REFLECTED PHOTONS; SECOND ORDERS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; THERMAL LIGHT; TRANSVERSE SIZES;

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT; PHOTONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949913520     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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