Noise-resistant underwater correlated biphoton imaging based on a super-bunching light source

Jinze Li; Yuanyuan Li; Miaoqing Bai; Xiangdong Li; Xuedong Zhang; Ganying Zeng; Zhichun Yang; Xinghui Liu; Jianyong Hu; Ruiyun Chen; Guofeng Zhang; Chengbing Qin; Liantuan Xiao; Suotang Jia

doi:10.3788/COL202523.092702

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 9, 092702(2025)

Noise-resistant underwater correlated biphoton imaging based on a super-bunching light source

Jinze Li^1,2, Yuanyuan Li^1,2, Miaoqing Bai^3、*, Xiangdong Li^1,2, Xuedong Zhang^1,2, Ganying Zeng^1,2, Zhichun Yang^1,2, Xinghui Liu^1,2, Jianyong Hu^1,2, Ruiyun Chen^1,2, Guofeng Zhang^1,2, Chengbing Qin^1,2,4、**, Liantuan Xiao^1,2,4、***, and Suotang Jia^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics Technologies and Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

²Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

³School of Modern Education Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

⁴Department of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China

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Jinze Li, Yuanyuan Li, Miaoqing Bai, Xiangdong Li, Xuedong Zhang, Ganying Zeng, Zhichun Yang, Xinghui Liu, Jianyong Hu, Ruiyun Chen, Guofeng Zhang, Chengbing Qin, Liantuan Xiao, Suotang Jia, "Noise-resistant underwater correlated biphoton imaging based on a super-bunching light source," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 092702 (2025)

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Paper Information

Category: Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

Received: Jan. 21, 2025

Accepted: May. 22, 2025

Published Online: Sep. 9, 2025

The Author Email: Miaoqing Bai (bmq@sxu.edu.cn), Chengbing Qin (chbqin@sxu.edu.cn), Liantuan Xiao (xlt@sxu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.092702

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.092702

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