Abstract
The influence of a transversely inhomogeneous pseudo-thermal light source on lensless ghost imaging is investigated theoretically and experimentally. Based on classical optical theory, a model of lensless ghost imaging with an inside inclined light source is analyzed. We use the optical path difference between different transverse positions of the light beam to estimate the degree of inhomogeneity. The results indicate that the transversely inhomogeneous light source decreases the visibility and signal-to-noise ratio of the reconstructed image. Finally, we implement experiments to verify our results using inclined ground glass.
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