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Quantum optical metrology aims to identify ultimate sensitivity bounds for the estimation of parameters encoded into quantum states of the electromagnetic field. In many practical applications, including imaging, microscopy, and remote…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-15 Giacomo Sorelli , Manuel Gessner , Nicolas Treps , Mattia Walschaers

We provide several diagrams for the graphical determination of certain elements of a Gaussian beam based on prior knowledge of other elements. For example, these diagrams allow us to determine the plane of the beam waist and the Rayleigh…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-27 Pierre Pellat-Finet

3D Gaussian Splatting (3D GS) is widely adopted for novel view synthesis due to its high training and rendering efficiency. However, its efficiency relies on the key assumption that Gaussians do not overlap in the 3D space, which leads to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Chen Ziwen , Peng Wang , Hao Tan , Zexiang Xu , Li Fuxin

In this brief paper we revisit the Fisher information content of cosmological power spectra or two-point functions of Gaussian fields in order to comment on the assumption of Gaussian estimators and the use of parameter-dependent covariance…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-19 Julien Carron

In this paper we present a new fast and accurate method for Radial Basis Function (RBF) approximation, including interpolation as a special case, which enables us to effectively find the optimal value of the RBF shape parameter. In…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-09 Roberto Cavoretto , Alessandra De Rossi , Sandro Lancellotti

Laser brightness is crucial in many optical processes, and is optimised by high power, high beam quality (low $M^2$) beams. Here we show how to improve the laser beam quality factor (reducing the $M^2$) of arbitrary structured light fields…

Optics · Physics 2020-07-15 Stirling Scholes , Andrew Forbes

We address the estimation of the loss parameter of a bosonic channel probed by Gaussian signals. We derive the ultimate quantum bound on precision and show that no improvement may be obtained by having access to the environment degrees of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alex Monras , Matteo G. A. Paris

Expressions are obtained for the Wigner function moments of a paraxial light beam represented by arbitrary coherent superposition of Hermite-Gaussian beams with plane wave fronts. Possibilities are discussed for application of the obtained…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Ya. Bekshaev

Interferometric contrast is a key factor limiting the sensitivity of precision optical measurements, including the laser interferometers used in gravitational-wave detection. While standard formulas describe the interference of circular…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-08 Mark Zhu , Sina M. Koehlenbeck , Edgard Bonilla , Brian Lantz

There is a study of coherent perfect absorption (CPA) in composite medium (CM) which is made of metal-dielectric composition. The CM, an orthorhombic shaped slab, is illuminated by two identical Gaussian beams (GB) incident at equal angle…

Optics · Physics 2014-02-04 Sanjeeb Dey

The ability to quantify distinctness of a cluster structure is fundamental for certain simulation studies, in particular for those comparing performance of different classification algorithms. The intrinsic integral measure based on the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2014-07-29 Ewa Nowakowska , Jacek Koronacki , Stan Lipovetsky

We propose a novel coaxial spherical-lens shaping system to achieve a flat-top focus profile by exploiting the spherical aberration of the lens. The well-known aspherical-lens shaping system is compared to ours, and a comparison of etching…

Optics · Physics 2023-03-01 Wei Yang , Zhen Zhang

This paper presents a new Bayesian model and algorithm for nonlinear unmixing of hyperspectral images. The model proposed represents the pixel reflectances as linear combinations of the endmembers, corrupted by nonlinear (with respect to…

Methodology · Statistics 2015-10-06 Yoann Altmann , Marcelo Pereyra , Stephen McLaughlin

A novel technique to optimize the input distribution and compute a lower bound for the capacity of the nonlinear optical fiber channel is proposed. The technique improves previous bounds obtained with the additive white Gaussian noise…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-09 Stella Civelli , Enrico Forestieri , Alexey Lotsmanov , Dmitry Razdoburdin , Marco Secondini

The ensemble Gaussian mixture filter combines the simplicity and power of Gaussian mixture models with the provable convergence and power of particle filters. The quality of the ensemble Gaussian mixture filter heavily depends on the choice…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-21 Andrey A Popov , Renato Zanetti

We propose a machine learning framework for parameter estimation of single mode Gaussian quantum states. Under a Bayesian framework, our approach estimates parameters of suitable prior distributions from measured data. For phase-space…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-16 Neel Kanth Kundu , Matthew R. McKay , Ranjan K. Mallik

Recently, Gaussian Splatting, a method that represents a 3D scene as a collection of Gaussian distributions, has gained significant attention in addressing the task of novel view synthesis. In this paper, we highlight a fundamental…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Haoxuan Qu , Zhuoling Li , Hossein Rahmani , Yujun Cai , Jun Liu

This paper presents a novel Bayesian strategy for the estimation of smooth signals corrupted by Gaussian noise. The method assumes a smooth evolution of a succession of continuous signals that can have a numerical or an analytical…

Applications · Statistics 2016-02-12 Abderrahim Halimi , Gerald S. Buller , Steve McLaughlin , Paul Honeine

Pushing the limits of precision and reproducibility in ultrafast laser-based nanostructuring requires detailed control over the properties of the illumination. Most traditional methods of laser-based manufacturing rely on the simplicity of…

Optics · Physics 2023-06-13 Camilo Florian , Xiaohan Du , Craig B. Arnold

A promising alternative to Gaussian beams for use in strong field science is Bessel-Gauss (BG or Bessel-like) laser beams as they are easily produced with readily available optics and provide more flexibility of the spot size and working…