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Super-resolution overcoming the standard quantum limit has been intensively studied for quantum sensing applications of precision target detection over the last decades. Not only higher-order entangled photons but also phase-controlled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-07 Sangbae Kim , Byoung S. Ham

We investigate the resolution for imaging two pointlike entangled sources by using the method of the moments and the spatial-mode demultiplexing (SPADE), where the pointlike entangled sources can be generated by injecting single-mode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-21 Huan Zhang , Wei Ye , Ying Xia , Zeyang Liao , Xue-hua Wang

Quantum illumination is a protocol for detecting a low-reflectivity target by using two-mode entangled states composed of signal and idler modes, which can outperform unentangled states. We study multi-qudit states for single-shot detection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Sunghwa Kang , Yonggi Jo , Jihwan Kim , Zaeill Kim , Duk Y. Kim , Su-Yong Lee

Quantum illumination (QI) is the task of querying a scene using a transmitter probe whose quantum state is entangled with a reference beam retained in ideal storage, followed by optimally detecting the target-returned light together with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-08 Ali Cox , Quntao Zhuang , Jeffrey H. Shapiro , Saikat Guha

We implement a general imaging method by measuring the complex degree of coherence using linear optics and photon number resolving detectors. In the absence of collective or entanglement assisted measurements, our method is optimal over a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-09 L. A. Howard , G. G. Gillett , M. E. Pearce , R. A. Abrahao , T. J. Weinhold , P. Kok , A. G. White

Quantum imaging has a potential of enhancing precision of the object reconstruction by using quantum correlations of the imaging field. This is especially important for imaging requiring low-intensity fields up to the level of few-photons.…

Quantum correlated, highly non-degenerate photons can be used to synthesize disparate quantum nodes and link quantum processing over incompatible wavelengths, thereby constructing heterogeneous quantum systems for otherwise unattainable…

Optics · Physics 2017-09-14 Yong Meng Sua , Heng Fan , Amin Shahverdi , Jia-Yang Chen , Yu-Ping Huang

We present one- and two-photon diffraction and interference experiments involving parametric down-converted photon pairs. By controlling the divergence of the pump beam in parametric down-conversion, the diffraction-interference pattern…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ryosuke Shimizu , Keiichi Edamatsu , Tadashi Itoh

Quantum lithography (QL) has been suggested as a means of achieving enhanced spatial resolution for optical imaging, but its realization has been held back by the low multi-photon detection rates of recording materials. Recently, an optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Heedeuk Shin , Kam Wai Clifford Chan , Hye Jeong Chang , Robert W. Boyd

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

Recent theoretical studies in quantum spectroscopy have emphasized the potential of non-classical correlations in entangled photon pairs for selectively targeting specific nonlinear optical processes in nonlinear optical responses. However,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Yuta Fujihashi , Ozora Iso , Ryosuke Shimizu , Akihito Ishizaki

In a quantum illumination (QI) protocol, the task is to detect the presence of the target which is typically modelled by a partially reflecting beam splitter. We analyze the performance of QI when the target absorbs part of the light that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-02 Rivu Gupta , Saptarshi Roy , Tamoghna Das , Aditi Sen De

Entanglement is a counterintuitive feature of quantum physics that is at the heart of quantum technology. High-dimensional quantum states offer unique advantages in various quantum information tasks. Integrated photonic chips have recently…

Conventional wisdom dictates that to image the position of fluorescent atoms or molecules, one should stimulate as much emission and collect as many photons as possible. That is, in this classical case, it has always been assumed that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-18 Guang Hao Low , Theodore J. Yoder , Isaac L. Chuang

Losses should be accounted for in a complete description of quantum imaging systems, and yet they are often treated as undesirable and largely neglected. In conventional quantum imaging, images are built up by coincidence detection of…

Optics · Physics 2017-04-05 Matthew Reichert , Hugo Defienne , Xiaohang Sun , Jason W. Fleischer

The act of measuring optical emissions from two remote qubits can entangle them. By demanding that a photon from each qubit reaches the detectors, one can ensure than no photon was lost. But the failure rate then rises quadratically with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-06-09 Earl T. Campbell , Simon C. Benjamin

We explore the intimate relationship between quantum lithography, Heisenberg-limited parameter estimation and the rate of dynamical evolution of quantum states. We show how both the enhanced accuracy in measurements and the increased…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Pieter Kok , Samuel L. Braunstein , Jonathan P. Dowling

Detecting object with low reflectivity embedded within a noisy background is a challenging task. Quantum correlations between pairs of quantum states of light, though are highly sensitive to background noise and losses, offer advantages…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-19 K. Muhammed Shafi , A. Padhye , C. M. Chandrashekar

Based on two-photon entanglement, quantum remote sensing enables the measurement and detection to be done non-locally and remotely. However, little attention has been paid to implement a noncontact way to sense a real objects angular…

Optics · Physics 2019-10-30 Wuhong Zhang , Dongkai Zhang , Xiaodong Qiu , Lixiang Chen

Quantum Image Processing (QIP) is a field that aims to utilize the benefits of quantum computing for manipulating and analyzing images. However, QIP faces two challenges: the limitation of qubits and the presence of noise in a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-27 Yifan Zhou , Yan Shing Liang