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We introduce a protocol addressing the conformance test problem, which consists in determining whether a process under test conforms to a reference one. We consider a process to be characterized by the set of end-product it produces, which…

We propose a scalable and noise-resilient protocol for the detection of the entanglement transition in a projective version of the transverse field Ising model. Entanglement transitions are experimentally difficult to observe due to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-24 Felix Roser , Etienne M. Springer , Hans Peter Büchler , Nicolai Lang

In continuous-variable (CV) QKD with optical coherent detection, the widely adopted \textit{trusted detector noise} model improves both the secret key rate and the transmission distance. This model assumes that detector noise is inherently…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-14 Shihong Pan , Dimitri Monokandylos , Bing Qi

Quantum computing testbeds exhibit high-fidelity quantum control over small collections of qubits, enabling performance of precise, repeatable operations followed by measurements. Currently, these noisy intermediate-scale devices can…

In this work, we present a fast target detection framework for real-world robotics applications. Considering that an intelligent agent attends to a task-specific object target during execution, our goal is to detect the object efficiently.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-11-24 Went Luan , Yezhou Yang , Cornelia Fermuller , John S. Baras

We demonstrate a new tool for filtering technical and electronic noises from pulses of light, especially relevant for signal processing methods in quantum optics experiments as a means to achieve the shot-noise level and reduce strong…

In this report, we discuss possibilities to detect a signal at the target from the quantum illumination protocol, that could serve as a quantum radar. We assume a simple universal detecting schema on the target and study if it is possible…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Michal Krelina

Time-resolution protocol of quantum sensing aims to measure the fast temporal variation of an external field and demands a high field sensitivity in a short interrogation time $\tau$. Since any operation that evolves the quantum state takes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-10 Chungwei Lin , Qi Ding , Yanting Ma

A significant challenge in the field of object detection lies in the system's performance under non-ideal imaging conditions, such as rain, fog, low illumination, or raw Bayer images that lack ISP processing. Our study introduces "Feature…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-22 Chuheng Wei , Guoyuan Wu , Matthew J. Barth

The ultimate goal and the theoretical limit of weak signal detection is the ability to detect a single photon against a noisy background. [...] In this paper we show, that a combination of a quantum metamaterial (QMM)-based sensor matrix…

Methods for source detection in high noise environments are important for single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) medical imaging and especially crucial for homeland security applications, which is our main interest. In the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-10-28 Weston Baines , Peter Kuchment , Jean Ragusa

Most of the correlation filter based tracking algorithms can achieve good performance and maintain fast computational speed. However, in some complicated tracking scenes, there is a fatal defect that causes the object to be located…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Di Yuan , Xiaohuan Lu , Donghao Li , Yingyi Liang , Xinming Zhang

Pattern recognition algorithms are commonly employed to simplify the challenging and necessary step of track reconstruction in sub-atomic physics experiments. Aiding in the discrimination of relevant interactions, pattern recognition seeks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Gregory Quiroz , Lauren Ice , Andrea Delgado , Travis S. Humble

Quantum imaging with undetected photons (QIUP) is an emerging technique that decouples the processes of illuminating an object and projecting its image. The properties of the illuminating and detected light can thus be simultaneously…

Quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols with threshold detectors are driving high-performance QKD demonstrations. The corresponding security proofs usually assume that all physical detectors have the same detection efficiency. However, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-02 Yanbao Zhang , Patrick J. Coles , Adam Winick , Jie Lin , Norbert Lutkenhaus

We report on the performance of ultra low noise differential photodetectors especially designed for probing of atomic ensembles with weak light pulses. The working principle of the detectors is described together with the analysis…

We describe a simple multivariate technique of likelihood ratios for improved discrimination of signal and background in multi-dimensional quantum target detection. The technique combines two independent variables, time difference and…

Moving detectors in relativistic quantum field theories reveal the fundamental entangled structure of the vacuum which manifests, for instance, through its thermal character when probed by a uniformly accelerated detector. In this paper, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-21 Benjamin Roussel , Alexandre Feller

3D object detection using LiDAR data remains a key task for applications like autonomous driving and robotics. Unlike in the case of 2D images, LiDAR data is almost always collected over a period of time. However, most work in this area has…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-07 Naman Sharma , Hocksoon Lim

In this Letter, we propose a new approach to process high-dimensional quantum information encoded in a photon frequency domain. In contrast to previous approaches based on nonlinear optical processes, no active control of photon energy is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-16 Chaohan Cui , Kaushik P. Seshadreesan , Saikat Guha , Linran Fan