从相敏相干性到超聚束的二阶干涉

From phase-sensitive coherence to super-bunching second-order interference

  • 摘要: 基于傅里叶变换的共轭对称性,通过操控光场的空间相位分布而产生一种新型的相敏对称热光,它具有空间对称位置振幅相同、相位反相关的特点.这种相敏对称热光自身依然体现出热光所具有的聚束效应(其关联系数的峰值为2),而在二阶干涉实验中会产生反常的空间超聚束效应,其理论峰值为3.对比赝热光等其他光源,相敏对称热光的超聚束效应可以突破二阶干涉条纹的可见度上限,从原始的1/3提升至1/2.对上述特性我们进行了实验验证,揭示了相敏相干性和超聚束关联之间的紧密联系,利用这类光源可以提升基于强度关联测量的图像可见度,同时也提供了一种产生超聚束热光的新手段.

     

    Abstract: Here conjugate symmetry of Fourier transform is applied to the production of a novel phase-sensitive symmetric pseudo-thermal light source by manipulating the spatial phase structure of an incident light field, characterized by the same amplitude but reversed-phase at spatially symmetric locations. Such chaotic light still reflects the bunching effect of thermal light (with a peak correlation coefficient of 2), and produces an anomalously spatial super-bunching effect in second-order interference experiments, along with a theoretical peak of 3. Compared with other light sources, such as pseudo-thermal light, it is experimentally verified that the phase-sensitive symmetric thermal light can break through the upper limit of visibility of second-order interference fringes from 1/3 to 1/2 of the original one. This work therefore reveals an inner connection between phase-sensitive coherence and super-bunching correlation, which can be utilized to boost the visibility of various correlation-enabled applications. This work provides a new approach to generate super-bunching pseudo-thermal light.

     

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