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Single-photon sources are essential for quantum networks, enabling applications ranging from quantum key distribution (QKD) to the burgeoning quantum internet. Despite the remarkable advancements, the current reliance of QKD on attenuated…

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

We provide a general framework to compute the probability distribution $F_r(t)$ of the first detection time of a 'state of interest' in a generic quantum system subjected to random projective measurements. In our 'quantum resetting'…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-29 Manas Kulkarni , Satya N. Majumdar

We establish fundamental bounds on subwavelength resolution for the radar ranging problem, ``super radar''. Information theoretical metrics are applied to probe the resolution limits for the case of both direct electric field measurement…

Optics · Physics 2024-06-04 Andrew N. Jordan , John C. Howell

It is challenging to implement genuine free running single photon detectors for the 1550 nm wavelength range with simultaneously high detection efficiency (DE), low dark noise, and good time resolution. We report a novel read out system for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-07-18 Zhizhong Yan , Deny R. Hamel , Aimee K. Heinrichs , Xudong Jiang , Mark A. Itzler , Thomas Jennewein

Photon number resolving (PNR) is an important capacity for detectors working in quantum and classical applications. Although a conventional superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) is not a PNR detector, by arranging…

The First Passage Time (FPT) is the time taken for a stochastic process to reach a desired threshold. In this letter we address the FPT of the stochastic measurement current in the case of continuously measured quantum systems. Our approach…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-08 Michael J. Kewming , Anthony Kiely , Steve Campbell , Gabriel T. Landi

Future wireless communication systems are envisioned to share radio frequency (RF) spectrum, with other services such as radars, in order to meet the growing spectrum demands. In this paper, we consider co-channel spectrum sharing between…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Awais Khawar , Ahmed Abdelhadi , T. Charles Clancy

In ultra-fast astronomical observations featuring fast transients on sub-$\mu$s time scales, the conventional Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) threshold, often fixed at $5\sigma$, becomes inadequate as observational window timescales shorten,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-24 Albert Wai Kit Lau , Leo W. H. Fung , George F. Smoot

In this study, we explore an approach aimed at enhancing the transmission or reflection coefficients of absorbing materials through the utilization of joint measurements of entangled photon states. On the one hand, through the…

In pulsed Doppler radars, the classic Chinese remainder theorem (CCRT) is a common method to resolve Doppler ambiguities caused by fast-moving targets. Another issue concerning high-velocity targets is related to the loss in the…

Photon counting is a fundamental component in quantum optics and quantum information. However, implementing ideal photon-number-resolving (PNR) detectors remains experimentally challenging. Multiplexed PNR detection offers a scalable and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Xiaobin Zhao , Hezheng Qin , Hong X. Tang , Linran Fan , Quntao Zhuang

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 thesis presents three studies in quantum-enhanced sensing and target detection. The first study explores covert target detection using optical or microwave probes, establishing quantum-mechanical limits on the error probabilities of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-16 Guo Yao Tham

In this paper, we employ the thoughts and methodologies of Shannon's information theory to solve the problem of the optimal radar parameter estimation. Based on a general radar system model, the \textit{a posteriori} probability density…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Dazhuan Xu , Han Zhang , Nan Wang

Quantum photonic neural networks are variational photonic circuits that can be trained to implement high-fidelity quantum operations. However, work-to-date has assumed idealized components, including a perfect $\pi$ Kerr nonlinearity. Here,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-31 Jacob Ewaniuk , Jacques Carolan , Bhavin J. Shastri , Nir Rotenberg

We present an experimental realization of a 16 element, temporal-array, photon-number-resolving (PNR) detector, which is a multiplexed single-photon detector that splits an input signal over multiple time-bins, and the time-bins are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-25 Mattias Jönsson , Marcin Swillo , Samuel Gyger , Val Zwiller , Gunnar Björk

Gaussian states and measurements collectively are not powerful-enough resources for quantum computing, as any Gaussian dynamics can be simulated efficiently, classically. However, it is known that any one non-Gaussian resource -- either a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-17 Christos N. Gagatsos , Saikat Guha

The potential of photon detectors to achieve precise timing information is of increasing importance in many domains, PET and CT scanners in medical imaging and particle physics detectors, amongst others. The goal to increase by an order of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-01-11 S. Enoch , A. Gola , P. Lecoq , A. Rivetti

The concept and subsequent experimental verification of the proportionality between pulse amplitude and detector transit time for microchannel plate detectors is presented. This discovery has led to considerable improvement in the overall…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Victor D. Irby