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arXiv:0705.1745

Nonlocal Double-Slit Interference with Pseudothermal Light

Lu Gao, Jun Xiong, Lu-Fang Lin, Wei Wang, Su-Heng Zhang, Kaige Wang

Published May 12, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We perform a nonlocal double-slit interference experiment with pseudothermal light. The experimental result exhibits a typical double-slit interference fringe in the intensity correlation measurement, in agreement with the theoretical analysis by means of the property of the second-order spatial correlation of field.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.0705.1745

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