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To absorb the photons below the band-gap energy effectively, we proposed a quantum dot (QD) photocell modeled by multi-level system for the quantum yields and photo-to-charge efficiency limits. The theoretical results show the quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-26 Shun-Cai Zhao , Jing-Yi Chen

An increasing number of communication and computational schemes with quantum advantages have recently been proposed, which implies that quantum technology has fertile application prospects. However, demonstrating these schemes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-06 Min-Gang Zhou , Xiao-Yu Cao , Yu-Shuo Lu , Yang Wang , Yu Bao , Zhao-Ying Jia , Yao Fu , Hua-Lei Yin , Zeng-Bing Chen

Quantum hypothesis testing is one of the most fundamental problems in quantum information theory, with crucial implications in areas like quantum sensing, where it has been used to prove quantum advantage in a series of binary photonic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-10 Leonardo Banchi , Quntao Zhuang , Stefano Pirandola

Entangled photons have the remarkable ability to be more sensitive to signal and less sensitive to noise than classical light. Joint photons can sample an object collectively, resulting in faster phase accumulation and higher spatial…

Optics · Physics 2015-09-04 Chien-Hung Lu , Matthew Reichert , Xiaohang Sun , Jason W. Fleischer

Quantum machine learning is an emerging field that combines machine learning with advances in quantum technologies. Many works have suggested great possibilities of using near-term quantum hardware in supervised learning. Motivated by these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-21 Nhat A. Nghiem , Samuel Yen-Chi Chen , Tzu-Chieh Wei

There has been much recent interest in quantum optical interferometry for applications to metrology, sub-wavelength imaging, and remote sensing, such as in quantum laser radar (LADAR). For quantum LADAR, atmospheric absorption rapidly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Yang Gao , Christoph F. Wildfeuer , Petr M. Anisimov , Hwang Lee , Jonathan P. Dowling

This paper presents a study on quantum radar technology developments, design Consideration for its integration, and quantum radar cross-section, QRCS based on quantum electrodynamics and interferometric considerations. Quantum radar systems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-30 Manoj Mathews

Continuous-variable quantum key distribution provides a theoretical unconditionally secure solution to distribute symmetric keys among users in a communication network. However, the practical devices used to implement these systems are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Daniel Pereira , Vana Pezelj , Florian Prawits , Hannes Hübbel

Optical quantum sensing promises measurement precision beyond classical sensors termed the Heisenberg limit (HL). However, conventional methodologies often rely on prior knowledge of the target system to achieve HL, presenting challenges in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-14 Zeqiao Zhou , Yuxuan Du , Xu-Fei Yin , Shanshan Zhao , Xinmei Tian , Dacheng Tao

We propose a gradient-based general computational framework for optimizing model-dependent parameters in quantum batteries (QB). We apply this method to two different charging scenarios in the micromaser QB and we discover a charging…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-29 Carla Rodríguez , Dario Rosa , Jan Olle

We report on the coherent quantum state transfer from a two-level atomic system to a single photon. Entanglement between a single photon (signal) and a two-component ensemble of cold rubidium atoms is used to project the quantum memory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. N. Matsukevich , A. Kuzmich

Quantum communication and quantum metrology are widely compelling applications in the field of quantum information science, and quantum remote sensing is an intersection of both. Despite their differences, there are notable commonalities…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-30 Yu-Chen Liu , Yuan-Bin Cheng , Xing-Bo Pan , Ze-Zhou Sun , Dong Pan , Gui-Lu Long

Determining and verifying an object's position is a fundamental task with broad practical relevance. We propose a secure quantum ranging protocol that combines quantum ranging with quantum position verification (QPV). Our method achieves…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-09 Yunkai Wang , Graeme Smith , Alex May

Quantum machine learning aspires to overcome intractability that currently limits its applicability to practical problems. However, quantum machine learning itself is limited by low effective dimensions achievable in state-of-the-art…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-04 Kunkun Wang , Lei Xiao , Wei Yi , Shi-Ju Ran , Peng Xue

We present a new framework for imaging and sensing based on utilizing a quantum computer to coherently process quantum information in an electromagnetic field. We describe the framework, its potential to provide improvements in imaging and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-06 Mohan Sarovar

An autonomous quantum thermal machine comprising a trapped atom or ion placed inside an optical cavity is proposed and analysed. Such a machine can operate as a heat engine whose working medium is the quantised atomic motion, or as an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-22 Mark T. Mitchison , Marcus Huber , Javier Prior , Mischa P. Woods , Martin B. Plenio

To improve the performance of a quantum key distribution (QKD) system, high speed, low dark count single photon detectors (or low noise homodyne detectors) are required. However, in practice, a fast detector is usually noisy. Here, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bing Qi , Yi Zhao , Xiongfeng Ma , Hoi-Kwong Lo , Li Qian

Entanglement boosts performance limits in sensing and communication, and surprisingly the advantage over classical protocols can be even larger in presence of entanglement-breaking noise. However, to maximally fulfill such advantages…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-24 Haowei Shi , Bingzhi Zhang , Quntao Zhuang

Quantum Radar is a promising technology that could have a strong impact on the civilian and military realms. In this study we introduce a new concept design for implementing a Quantum Radar, based on the time and polarization correlations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-20 Kadir Durak , Naser Jam , Cagri Dindar

In quantum field theory, coherent states can be created that have negative energy density, meaning it is below that of empty space, the free quantum vacuum. If no restrictions existed regarding the concentration and permanence of negative…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-01 G. Jordan Maclay , Eric W. Davis