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We explore the weak-field phenomenology of a compact star spacetime modified by quantum gravitational corrections derived from the effective field theoretical (EFT) approach by Calmet et al. [1]. These corrections, encoded in non-local…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-10 Reggie C. Pantig , Ali Ovgun , Gaetano Lambiase

Quantum Sensing is a rapidly growing branch of research within the area of quantum science and technology offering key resources, beyond classical ones, with potential for commercialisation of novel (quantum) sensors. The exploitation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-29 Andrea Chiuri , Federico Angelini , Ilaria Gianani , Simone Santoro , Marco Barbieri

We propose a quantum metrology protocol for the localization of a non-cooperative point-like target in three-dimensional space, by illuminating it with electromagnetic waves. It employs all the spatial degrees of freedom of N entangled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-27 Lorenzo Maccone , Changliang Ren

In this work we investigate quantum-enhanced target detection in the presence of large background noise using multidimensional quantum correlations between photon pairs generated through spontaneous parametric down-conversion. Until now…

Quantum hypothesis testing has been greatly advanced for the binary discrimination of two states, or two channels. In this setting, we already know that quantum entanglement can be used to enhance the discrimination of two bosonic channels.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-30 Quntao Zhuang , Stefano Pirandola

We review recent results regarding entanglement in quantum fields in cosmological spacetimes and related phenomena in flat spacetime such as the Unruh effect. We being with a summary of important results about field entanglement and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-29 Eduardo Martin-Martinez , Nicolas C. Menicucci

Characterizing and controlling entanglement in quantum materials is crucial for the development of next-generation quantum technologies. However, defining a quantifiable figure of merit for entanglement in macroscopic solids is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-06-27 Jordyn Hales , Utkarsh Bajpai , Tongtong Liu , Denitsa R. Baykusheva , Mingda Li , Matteo Mitrano , Yao Wang

No experimental evidence of the quantum nature of gravity has been observed yet and a realistic setup with improved sensitivity is eagerly awaited. We find two effects, which can substantially enhance the signal of gravity-induced quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-11 Youka Kaku , Tomohiro Fujita , Akira Matsumura

Several quantum radar concepts have been proposed that exploit the entanglement found in two-mode squeezed vacuum states of the electromagnetic field, the most prominent being radar based on quantum illumination. Classical radars are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-14 Jonathan N. Blakely , Shawn D. Pethel , Kenneth R. Stewart , Kurt Jacobs

We develop a quantum field-theoretic model of gravitationally induced entanglement (GIE) between two massive objects in spatial superposition. The masses are described as excitations of a scalar field in an external harmonic potential,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-03 Jackson Yant , Miles Blencowe

The paper by K. Sengupta et al. (Opt. Express 32, 40150-40164, 2024) explores quantum illumination using polarization-entangled photon pairs for object detection in noisy environments. In this comment, we highlight fundamental flaws in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Artur Czerwinski , Jakub J. Borkowski

Quantum-enhanced, idler-free sensing protocol to measure the response of a target object to the frequency of a probe in a noisy and lossy scenario is proposed. In this protocol, a target with frequency-dependent reflectivity embedded in a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-15 Mateo Casariego , Yasser Omar , Mikel Sanz

Advances in quantum technologies are accelerating the demand for optical quantum state sensors that combine high precision, versatility, and scalability within a unified hardware platform. Quantum reservoir computing offers a powerful route…

We show how entanglement can be used to improve the estimation of an unknown transformation. Using entanglement is always of benefit, in improving either the precision or the stability of the measurement. Examples relevant for applications…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-15 G. Mauro D'Ariano , Paoloplacido Lo Presti , Matteo G. A. Paris

The contrast of an image can be degraded by the presence of background light and sensor noise. To overcome this degradation, quantum illumination protocols have been theorised (Science 321 (2008), Physics Review Letters 101 (2008)) that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-21 Thomas Gregory , Paul-Antoine Moreau , Ermes Toninelli , Miles J. Padgett

In quantum information theory, the reliable and effective detection of entanglement is of paramount importance. However, given an unknown state, assessing its entanglement is a challenging task. To attack this problem, we investigate the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-09 Jochen Szangolies , Hermann Kampermann , Dagmar Bruß

We reexamined the gravitational time delay of light, allowing for various models of modified gravity. We clarify the dependence of the time delay (and induced frequency shift) on modified gravity models and investigate how to distinguish…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Hideki Asada

There is growing belief that the next decade will see the emergence of sensing devices based on the laws of quantum physics that outperform some of our current sensing devices. For example, in frequency estimation, using a probe prepared in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-17 Shane Dooley , William J. Munro , Kae Nemoto

Quantum light propagation through turbulent atmosphere has become a subject of intensive research, spanning both theoretical and experimental studies. This interest is driven by its important applications in free-space quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-24 A. A. Semenov , M. Klen , I. Pechonkin

Although the study of ultracold quantum gases trapped by light is a prominent direction of modern research, the quantum properties of light were widely neglected in this field. Quantum optics with quantum gases closes this gap and addresses…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-05-09 Igor B. Mekhov , Helmut Ritsch