Realization of optical carpets in the Talbot and Talbot-Lau configurations
- Author(s)
- William B Case, Mathias Tomandl, Sarayut Deachapunya, Markus Arndt
- Abstract
Talbot and Talbot-Lau effects are frequently used in lensless imaging applications with light, ultrasound, x-rays, atoms and molecules – generally in situations where refractive optical elements are non-existent or not suitable. We here show an experimental visualization of the intriguing wave patterns that are associated with near-field interferometry behind a single periodic diffraction grating under plane wave illumination and which are often referred to as Talbot carpets or quantum carpets. We also show the patterns behind two separated diffraction gratings under nearly-monochromatic but spatially incoherent illumination that illustrate the nature of Talbot-Lau carpets.
© 2009 Optical Society of America
- Organisation(s)
- Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
- External organisation(s)
- Grinnell College, Burapha University
- Journal
- Optics Express
- Volume
- 17
- Pages
- 20966-20974
- No. of pages
- 9
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.020966
- Publication date
- 2009
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103021 Optics, 103026 Quantum optics, 103008 Experimental physics
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/realization-of-optical-carpets-in-the-talbot-and-talbotlau-configurations(8711f08a-1d35-400d-9696-e60597dedeac).html