Sunlight-Excited Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion for Quantum Imaging
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11207v1
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:33:40 GMT
- Title: Sunlight-Excited Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion for Quantum Imaging
- Authors: Ye Xing, Deifei Xu, Yuan Li, Wuhong Zhang, Lixiang Chen,
- Abstract summary: Quantum imaging, which harnesses quantum correlations to achieve imaging with multiple advantages over classical optics, has been in development for several years.<n>Here, we explore sunlight, serving as the pump beam, to excite spontaneous parametric down-conversion to get the quantum correlation of two photons.<n>This demonstrates a latent application scenario in which the incoherent beam is harnessed as the pump source for quantum imaging.
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- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Abstract: Quantum imaging, which harnesses quantum correlations to achieve imaging with multiple advantages over classical optics, has been in development for several years. Here, we explore sunlight, serving as the pump beam, to excite spontaneous parametric down-conversion to get the quantum correlation of two photons. Remarkably, our investigations disclose that the photon pairs produced from sunlight are well correlated in position such that they can be used for quantum imaging. Consequently, this demonstrates a latent application scenario in which the incoherent beam is harnessed as the pump source for quantum imaging. Our research is of substantial significance as it broadens the scope of available illumination options, such as using scattering light or non-traditional artificial incoherent light sources, for quantum information, a prime potential application being a space-based quantum information mechanism where this approach allows the system to operate independently of a laser.
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