Visibility Of Ghost Imaging Research Articles

Controllable superbunching effect from four-wave mixing process in atomic vapor.

Correlation property of light limits the performance in related applications such as the visibility of ghost imaging or intensity interferometry. To exceed these performance limits, we here manipulate the degree of second- and higher-order coherence of light by changing controllable variables in four-wave mixing (FWM) process. The measured degree of second- and third-order coherence of the output light beams considerably exceed those of the incident pseudothermal light. Namely superbunching effects, g(2)(0) value up to 7.47 and g(3)(0) value up to 58.34, are observed experimentally. In addition, strong second- and third-order cross-correlation exist between the output light beams. Further insights into the dependence of superbunching light on the temperature of Rb vapor, the laser detuning and the optical power of all the incident light beams show that it can serve as a light source with a tunable superbunching degree.

Effect of oceanic turbulence on the visibility of underwater ghost imaging.

We carry out a detailed study on underwater ghost imaging (GI) in oceanic turbulence. We set up a physical model of GI through oceanic turbulence, which includes light-field transmission, and interaction between light field and oceanic turbulence without considering the effects of water absorption and scattering of light. We obtain theoretical expressions for the impulse response function and the visibility of GI in oceanic turbulence based on the power spectrum of the turbulence and the extended Huygens-Fresnel integral. The results show that the quality of GI under the effects of oceanic turbulence is related to the intensity of turbulence and the propagation distance of light. The quality of GI could be maintained at a relatively small distance in strong oceanic turbulence, whereas the quality is degraded dramatically at a relatively long distance in strong oceanic turbulence. We further analyze the quality of GI under various turbulence conditions and over different propagation distances by numerical calculation. Our results provide guidance for the realization of adaptive underwater optical GI over different length scales under the effect of oceanic turbulence.

Visibility of ghost imaging in a two-arm microscope imaging system

Ghost imaging with a classical thermal source is investigated in a two-arm microscope imaging system. The dependence of the imaging visibility on the aperture of the reference lens is discussed. It is shown that by using large apertures, good visibility as well as enhancing resolution can be obtained. The effects from the distance the object is moved away from the original plane are also studied, and one can obtain good visibility with a well-resolved image by changing the distance.

Evolution process from ghost diffraction to ghost imaging in a lensless imaging system

Ghost diffraction and ghost imaging are investigated in a lensless imaging system. The evolution process from ghost diffraction to ghost imaging is discussed when the object is moved far away from the source in the test arm. The relation of ghost diffraction and imaging is also studied, and it is found that the visibility of ghost imaging is always better than that of ghost diffraction.

Visibility in ghost imaging with classical partially polarized electromagnetic beams

We consider classical second-order ghost imaging with uniformly partially polarized electromagnetic beams and examine the effect of the degree of polarization of the incident light on the visibility of the image. Closed-form expressions for two previously proposed definitions of visibility are derived. Both results are physically similar and show that the visibility increases with the degree of polarization. Hence, a polarized beam is superior to an unpolarized one to obtain a high-visibility ghost image. Some related issues in recent literature are also addressed.