Generation of N00N-like interferences with two thermal light sources
arXiv:1809.09378 · doi:10.1140/epjd/e2018-90371-8
Abstract
Measuring the th-order intensity correlation function of light emitted by two statistically independent thermal light sources may display N00N-like interferences of arbitrary order . We show that via a particular choice of detector positions one can isolate -photon quantum paths where either all photons are emitted from the same source or photons are collectively emitted by both sources. The latter superposition displays N00N-like oscillations with which may serve, e.g., in astronomy, for imaging two distant thermal sources with -fold increased resolution. We also discuss slightly modified detection schemes improving the visibility of the N00N-like interference pattern and present measurements verifying the theoretical predictions.
arXiv comment9 pages, 6 figures
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