Quantum Optics and Ghost Imaging
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An introduction to the Quantum Mechanics of light, and how it gives rise to peculiar properties which are taken advantage of in new communication and imaging applications. |
Entanglement is the quintessential quantum phenomenon, given a "spooky" link between the properties of objects at a distance.
We study this quantum world through the use of light beams which we both create and measure holographically. Beyond exploring this quantum world, we use entanglement to make better communication, sensing and imaging systems.
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Selected publications
- Adetunmise C. Dada, Jonathan Leach, Gerald S. Buller, Miles J. Padgett, and Erika Andersson, Experimental high-dimensional two-photon entanglement and violations of generalized Bell inequalities, Nature Physics 7, 677Ð680? (2011), doi: 10.1038/nphys1996
- J. Leach, B. Jack, J. Romero, A. K. Jha, A. M. Yao, S. Franke-Arnold, D. Ireland, R. W. Boyd, S. M. Barnett, M. J. Padgett, Quantum Correlations in Optical Angle-Orbital Angular Momentum Variables, Science 329, 662-665 (2010), doi: 10.1126/science.1190523
- B. Jack, J. Leach, J. Romero, S. Franke-Arnold, M. Ritsch-Marte, S. M. Barnett, and M. J. Padgett, Holographic Ghost Imaging and the Violation of a Bell Inequality, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 083602 (2009), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.083602
- M.P. Edgar, D.S. Tasca ,F. Izdebski, R.E. Warburton, J. Leach, M. Agnew, G.S. Buller, R.W. Boyd, and M.J. Padgett, Imaging high-dimensional spatial entanglement with a camera, Nat. Comm, 3, 984, 2012, doi:doi:10.1038/ncomms1988 PDF: Edgar et al 2012