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Subwavelength coincidence interference with classical thermal light

Kaige Wang, De-Zhong Cao

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We show that a thermal light source which is random in the transverse direction can produce a sub-wavelength double slit interference in a joint intensity measurement. This is the classical version of quantum lithography, and it can be explained with the correlation of rays instead of the entanglement of photons.

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We show that a thermal light source which is random in the transverse direction can produce a sub-wavelength double slit interference in a joint intensity measurement. This is the classical version of quantum lithography, and it can be explained with the correlation of rays instead of the entanglement of photons.

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We show that a thermal light source which is random in the transverse direction can produce a sub-wavelength double slit interference in a joint intensity measurement. This is the classical version of quantum lithography, and it can be explained with the correlation of rays instead of the entanglement of photons.

Key concepts: Physics, Interference (communication), Quantum entanglement, Coincidence, Photon, Optics, Ghost imaging, Thermal

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