Abstract
The second-order Talbot effect with thermal light is both theoretically and experimentally investigated. Three kinds of experimental schemes are performed, one of which reproduces the classical Talbot self-imaging and the others show plentiful self-imaging effects, in which an object with a periodic structure can be enlarged or diminished. The theoretical analysis, in good agreement with the experimental results, testifies that the specificity in the second-order Talbot effect refers to the joint diffraction of two correlated beams.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 033823 |
| Journal | Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 20 Sept 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Song, X. B., Xiong, J., Zhang, X., & Wang, K. (2010). Second-order Talbot self-imaging with pseudothermal light. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 82(3), Article 033823. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.82.033823