Abstract
We show that the image quality of ghost imaging (GI) can be controlled by the use of shaped incoherent sources. The formula for the point-spread function in the GI system has been derived and is determined by the Fourier transform of the source intensity distribution. Compared with the widely used Gaussian Schell-model source, we find that using a cosine-Gaussian Schell-model source can lead to the degradation of GI quality, while the quality of GI can be increased with a cosh-Gaussian Schell-model source. Even under atmospheric turbulence, the image resolution of GI still can be improved by means of the cosh-Gaussian Schell-model source.
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