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Quantum target detection aims to utilise quantum technologies to achieve performances in target detection not possible through purely classical means. Quantum illumination is an example of this, based on signal-idler entanglement, promising…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-09 Athena Karsa , Masoud Ghalaii , Stefano Pirandola

We consider the problem of estimating unknown transmittance $\theta$ of a target bathed in thermal background light. As quantum estimation theory yields the fundamental limits, we employ the lossy thermal-noise bosonic channel model, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-29 Zihao Gong , Nathaniel Rodriguez , Christos N. Gagatsos , Saikat Guha , Boulat A. Bash

Quantum illumination with asymmetric strategy is examined by making use of the three-mode maximally entangled Gaussian state, which involves one signal and two idler beams. It is shown that this scenario gives less-error probability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-18 Mi-Ra Hwang , DaeKil Park

Lossy bosonic channels play an important role in a number of quantum information tasks, since they well approximate thermal dissipation in an experiment. Here, we characterize their metrological power in the idler-free and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 Robert Jonsson , Roberto Di Candia

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

Lloyd [1] proved that a large performance gain accrues from use of entanglement in single-photon target detection within a lossy, noisy environment when compared to what can be achieved with unentangled single-photon states. We show that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jeffrey H. Shapiro , Seth Lloyd

We propose Gaussian quantum illumination(QI) protocol exploiting asymmetrically squeezed two-mode(ASTM) state that is generated by applying single-mode squeezing operations on each mode of an initial two-mode squeezed vacuum(TMSV) state, in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-21 Yonggi Jo , Taek Jeong , Junghyun Kim , Duk Y. Kim , Yong Sup Ihn , Zaeill Kim , Su-Yong Lee

Quantum illumination uses quantum entanglement as a resource to enable higher-resolution detection of low-reflectivity targets than is possible with classical techniques. This revolutionary technology could transform modern radar. However,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-24 Wei Wu , Jun-Hong An

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

In this article, the basic principle of target detection based on Gaussian state quantum illumination (QI) has introduced. The performance of such system has compared with its classical counterpart, which employs the most classical state of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-24 Hossein Allahverdi , M. H. Qamat , M. Nowshadi

Quantum illumination employs entangled states to detect a weakly reflective target in a thermal bath. The performance of a given entangled state is evaluated from the minimum error probability in the asymptotic limit, which is compared…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-14 Changsuk Noh , Changhyoup Lee , Su-Yong Lee

Quantum illumination leverages entangled lights to detect the presence of low-reflectivity objects within a thermal environment. In a related vein, quantum parameter estimation utilizes nonclassical probes to precisely determine unknown…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-18 Wei Zhong , Dong-Qing Wang , Wen-Yi Zhu , Lan Zhou , Ming-Ming Du , Yu-Bo Sheng

In a noisy environment with weak single levels, quantum illumination can outperform classical illumination in determining the presence and range of a target object even in the limit of sub-optimal measurements based on non-simultaneous,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-08 Richard J. Murchie , Jonathan D. Pritchard , John Jeffers

Quantum reading aims at retrieving classical information stored in an optical memory with low energy and high accuracy by exploiting the inherently quantum properties of light. We provide an optimal Gaussian strategy for quantum reading…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-08 Michele Dall'Arno

It is shown that quantum illumination with three photons non-Gaussian states, where the signal is described by a two photons state and the idler is described by a one photon state, can outperform in sensitivity standard Gaussian quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-28 Ricardo Gallego Torromé

Quantum illumination is a quantum-optical sensing technique in which an entangled source is exploited to improve the detection of a low-reflectivity object that is immersed in a bright thermal background. Here we describe and analyze a…

Quantum illumination is a quantum-optical sensing technique in which an entangled source is exploited to improve the detection of a low-reflectivity object that is immersed in a bright thermal background. Here we describe and analyze a…

Quantum metrology pursues high-precision measurements of physical quantities by using quantum resources. However, the decoherence generally hinders its performance. Previous work found that the metrological error tends to diverge in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-04 Wei Wu , Jun-Hong An

In the last years the exploitation of specific properties of quantum states has disclosed the possibility of realising tasks beyond classical limits, creating the new field of quantum technologies [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. Among them,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 E. D. Lopaeva , I. Ruo Berchera , S. Olivares , G. Brida , I. P. Degiovanni , M. Genovese

Enhancing quantum illumination with highly entangled probes remains an active area of research. In this context, non-Gaussian operations provide an effective route for engineering probe states that can surpass the standard two-mode squeezed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Luis D. Zambrano Palma , Yusef Maleki , M. Suhail Zubairy