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Unveiling the Embedded Phase in Quantum Ghost Imaging

Chané Moodley, Bereneice Sephton, Isaac M. Nape, Jason Francis, Andrew Forbes

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

We show that the necessary interference for phase retrieval in quantum ghost imaging is naturally embedded in the correlation measurements formed from traditional projective masks.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_fs.2024.fm2r.4

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