Phase-sensitive light : coherence theory and applications to optical imaging
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008.
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| author | Erkmen, Baris Ibrahim, 1980- |
| author2 | Jeffrey H. Shapiro. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/442092019-04-12T09:51:28Z Phase-sensitive light : coherence theory and applications to optical imaging Erkmen, Baris Ibrahim, 1980- Jeffrey H. Shapiro. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-201). Spontaneous parametric downconversion (SPDC) can produce pairs of entangled photons, i.e., a stream of biphotons. SPDC has been utilized in a number of optical imaging applications, such as optical coherence tomography, ghost imaging, holography and lithography, to obtain performance that cannot be realized with standard optical sources. However, a debate continues as to whether the improved imaging characteristics of such systems should be attributed to the entanglement property of the photon pairs. This thesis sets out to unify--and generalize--classical and quantum imaging within the framework of Gaussian-state light fields, which encompasses thermal light--the source used in conventional imagers--and biphoton-state light as special instances. Within this framework, we are able to provide a complete understanding of the boundary between classical and quantum behavior in optical coherence tomography (OCT), ghost imaging and two-photon imaging. Furthermore, we show that almost all characteristics of biphoton-state imagers are due to phase-sensitive cross correlations, and hence are obtainable with classical phase-sensitive sources. by Baris I. Erkmen. Ph.D. 2009-01-26T22:01:46Z 2009-01-26T22:01:46Z 2008 2008 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44209 289020515 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 201 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Erkmen, Baris Ibrahim, 1980- Phase-sensitive light : coherence theory and applications to optical imaging |
| title | Phase-sensitive light : coherence theory and applications to optical imaging |
| title_full | Phase-sensitive light : coherence theory and applications to optical imaging |
| title_fullStr | Phase-sensitive light : coherence theory and applications to optical imaging |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phase-sensitive light : coherence theory and applications to optical imaging |
| title_short | Phase-sensitive light : coherence theory and applications to optical imaging |
| title_sort | phase sensitive light coherence theory and applications to optical imaging |
| topic | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44209 |
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