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Quantum entangled states of light are essential for quantum technologies and fundamental tests of physics. While quantum information science has relied on systems with entanglement in 2D degrees of freedom, e.g. quantum bits with…

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In this paper, we use the non-linear dynamics of the individual quantum trajectories of an optical cavity inside an instantaneous quantum feedback loop to measure the phase shift between two pathways of light with an accuracy above the…

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The interferometric signals produced in conventional dual-comb laser ranging require femtosecond lasers with long-term f_CEO stability, and are limited to an upper sampling rate by radio-frequency aliasing considerations. By using…

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Quantum light is a key resource for promoting quantum technology. One such class of technology aims to improve the precision of optical measurements using engineered quantum states of light. In this study, we investigate transmission…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-10 Akihito Ishizaki

Laser based ranging (LiDAR) - already ubiquitously used in industrial monitoring, atmospheric dynamics, or geodesy - is key sensor technology. Coherent laser ranging, in contrast to time-of-flight approaches, is immune to ambient light,…

Entanglement, a key feature of quantum mechanics, is recognized for its non-classical correlations which have been shown to provide significant noise resistance in single-photon rangefinding and communications. Drawing inspiration from the…

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Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) is a ubiquitous tool to provide precise spatial awareness in various perception environments. A bionic LiDAR that can mimic human-like vision by adaptively gazing at selected regions of interest within a…

Single-photon laser ranging has widespread applications in remote sensing and target recognition. However, highly-sensitive light detection and ranging (LiDAR) has long been restricted in visible or near-infrared bands. An appealing quest…

Multiple LiDARs have progressively emerged on autonomous vehicles for rendering a wide field of view and dense measurements. However, the lack of precise calibration negatively affects their potential applications in localization and…

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Given a quantum system $S$ entangled with another system $I$, the entanglement testing problem arises, prompting the identification of the system $S$ within a set of $m \ge 2$ identical systems. This scenario serves as a model for the…

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It is well known that entanglement can benefit quantum information processing tasks. Quantum illumination, when first proposed, is surprising as entanglement's benefit survives entanglement-breaking noise. Since then, many efforts have been…

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Quantum Entanglement is widely regarded as one of the most prominent features of quantum mechanics and quantum information science. Although, photonic entanglement is routinely studied in many experiments nowadays, its signature has been…

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One key vertical application that will be enabled by 6G is the automation of the processes with the increased use of robots. As a result, sensing and localization of the surrounding environment becomes a crucial factor for these robots to…

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Accurate 3D object detection is crucial to autonomous driving. Though LiDAR-based detectors have achieved impressive performance, the high cost of LiDAR sensors precludes their widespread adoption in affordable vehicles. Camera-based…

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In quantum metrology, entangled states of many-particle systems are investigated to enhance measurement precision of the most precise clocks and field sensors. While single-parameter quantum metrology is well established, many metrological…

Precise sensor calibration is critical for autonomous vehicles as a prerequisite for perception algorithms to function properly. Rotation error of one degree can translate to position error of meters in target object detection at large…

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For the first time, a versatile, eyesafe, compact and direct detection Doppler lidar is developed using upconversion single-photon detection method. An all-fiber and polarization maintaining architecture is realized to guarantee the high…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 Haiyun Xia , Mingjia Shangguan , Chong Wang , Guoliang Shentu , Jiawei Qiu , Qiang Zhang , Xiankang Dou , Jianwei Pan

Most sensor setups for onboard autonomous perception are composed of LiDARs and vision systems, as they provide complementary information that improves the reliability of the different algorithms necessary to obtain a robust scene…

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