Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 1, 0111013(2020)

Research on Intensity-Correlated Interferometry with Ultra-Weak Light Based on Coincidence Counting

Zhen Wei1,2, Ronghua Lu1、*, Hong Yu1, Zhijie Tan1,2, Ruiguo Zhu1,2, and Shensheng Han1
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Pulsar navigation requires the precise measurement of pulsars. Pulsar X-ray radiation has an extremely short coherence time, and satellite detectors receive only ultralow photon flux. Therefore, to obtain pulsar information and under the conditions of ultralow photon flux, intensity-correlated detection should be implemented. To solve this problem, we conducted an experimental study of intensity-correlated interferometry using a simulated visible-light source. We obtained second-order interference fringes and a corresponding angular diameter. We analyzed herein how coincidence counting affected measurement errors and how the spatial and temporal resolutions of the detecting system affected the intensity-correlated interferometry. The results provide a basis for determining the hardware parameters for X-ray intensity-correlated detection of pulsars.

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    Zhen Wei, Ronghua Lu, Hong Yu, Zhijie Tan, Ruiguo Zhu, Shensheng Han. Research on Intensity-Correlated Interferometry with Ultra-Weak Light Based on Coincidence Counting[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(1): 0111013

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    Paper Information

    Category: Special Issue on Computational Optical Imaging

    Received: Jul. 29, 2019

    Accepted: Sep. 29, 2019

    Published Online: Jan. 6, 2020

    The Author Email: Lu Ronghua (lurh@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202040.0111013

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