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This paper presents experimental results that allow for the performance evaluation of a straight-line reference alignment system based on pseudo-nondiffracting Layer beams. Sensors, developed specifically for this system, feature four…

Recent advances in small-scale unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have opened up new horizons for establishing UAV-based free-space optical (FSO) links. However, FSO technology requires precise beam alignment while random fluctuations of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-09 Hossein Safi , Akbar Dargahi , Julian Cheng

Self-calibrating and dual-slope measurements have been used in the field of diffuse optics for robust assessment of absolute values or temporal changes in the optical properties of highly scattering media and biological tissue. These…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-05 Giles Blaney , Angelo Sassaroli , Tapan Das , Sergio Fantini

Countless applications depend on accurate predictions with reliable confidence estimates from modern object detectors. It is well known, however, that neural networks including object detectors produce miscalibrated confidence estimates.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-06 Johannes Gilg , Torben Teepe , Fabian Herzog , Gerhard Rigoll

Identifying an appropriate radius for unbiased kernel estimation is crucial for the efficiency of radiance estimation. However, determining both the radius and unbiasedness still faces big challenges. In this paper, we first propose a…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-04-14 Zehui Lin , Chenxiao Hu , Jinzhu Jia , Sheng Li

Velocity estimation is a cornerstone of the recently introduced near-field predictive beamforming. This paper derives the Cramer-Rao bounds (CRBs) for joint radial and transverse velocity estimation within a predictive beamforming framework…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Khalid A. Alshumayri , Mudassir Masood , Ali. A. Nasir

A ground-to-air free-space optical link is studied for a hovering unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having multiple rotors. For this UAV, a four-quadrant array of photodetectors is used at the optical receiver to alleviate the adverse effect of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-17 Hossein Safi , Akbar Dargahi , Julian Cheng

The determination of beam parameters is essential for the operation and development of any accelerator facility. The working principle of frequently used beam instruments for electron and proton beams is discussed. The article comprises of…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Peter Forck

Beam position monitor (BPM) can easily reinforce the handling of beam orbits and measure the absolute beam position [1]. Its data can be used to optimize and correct beam in both first turn and closed orbit mode. In order to set the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-08-17 Jiandong Yuan , Lizhen Ma , Bin Zhang , Junjie Yao

Track detectors in high energy physics experiments require an accurate determination of a large number of alignment parameters. A general method has been developed, which allows the determination of up to several thousand alignment…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Volker Blobel , Claus Kleinwort

Efficient beam alignment is a crucial component in millimeter wave systems with analog beamforming, especially in fast-changing vehicular settings. This paper proposes a position-aided approach where the vehicle's position (e.g., available…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-19 Vutha Va , Junil Choi , Takayuki Shimizu , Gaurav Bansal , Robert W. Heath

This paper presents a nonlinear location estimation to infer the position of a user holding a smartphone. We consider a large location with $M$ number of grid points, each grid point is labeled with a unique fingerprint consisting of the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-04-11 Pai Chet Ng , Petros Spachos , James She , Konstantinos N. Plataniotis

Emerging wireless communication systems will be characterized by a tight coupling between communication and positioning. This is particularly apparent in millimeter-wave (mm-wave) communications, where devices use a large number of antennas…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-17 Gabriel E. Garcia , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Eleftherios Karipidis , Henk Wymeersch

In order to pursue high-precision beam position measurements for the free-electron laser (FEL) facilities, cavity beam position monitor (CBPM) is employed to measure the transverse position which can meet the requirement of position…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-04-14 Jian Chen , Yong-bin Leng , Lu-yang Yu , Long-wei Lai , Ren-xian Yuan

Fourier ptychographic microscopy (FPM) can achieve quantitative phase imaging with a large space-bandwidth product by synthesizing a set of low-resolution intensity images captured under angularly varying illuminations. Determining accurate…

Optics · Physics 2022-06-14 Chuanjian Zheng , Shaohui Zhang , Delong Yang , Guocheng Zhou , Yao Hu , Qun Hao

In future linear colliders the luminosity will depend on maintaining the small emittance aspect ratio delivered by damping rings. Correction of cross-plane coupling can be important in preventing dilution of the beam emittance. In order to…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. D. Woodley , P. E. Emma

The discrimination of non-orthogonal quantum states with reduced or without errors is a fundamental task in quantum measurement theory. In this work, we investigate a quantum measurement strategy capable of discriminating two coherent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-12 Christoffer Wittmann , Ulrik L. Andersen , Gerd Leuchs

The performance of nondeterministic nonlinear gates in linear optics relies on the photon counting scheme being employed and the efficiencies of the detectors in such schemes. We assess the performance of the nonlinear sign gate, which is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Stephen D. Bartlett , Eleni Diamanti , Barry C. Sanders , Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Most state-of-the-art object detection systems follow an anchor-based diagram. Anchor boxes are densely proposed over the images and the network is trained to predict the boxes position offset as well as the classification confidence.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Wenshuo Ma , Tingzhong Tian , Hang Xu , Yimin Huang , Zhenguo Li

The performance bounds of near-field sensing are studied for circular arrays, focusing on the impact of bandwidth and array size. The closed-form Cramer-Rao bound (CRBs) for angle and distance estimation are derived, revealing the scaling…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Zhaolin Wang , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu