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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…

Quantum networks constitute a major part of quantum technologies. They will boost distributed quantum computing drastically by providing a scalable modular architecture of quantum chips, or by establishing an infrastructure for measurement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-05 Seid Koudia

The final goal of quantum hypothesis testing is to achieve quantum advantage over all possible classical strategies. In the protocol of quantum reading this advantage is achieved for information retrieval from an optical memory, whose…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-22 Giuseppe Ortolano , Elena Losero , Ivano Ruo Berchera , Stefano Pirandola , Marco Genovese

We introduce a general model for a network of quantum sensors, and we use this model to consider the question: When can entanglement between the sensors, and/or global measurements, enhance the precision with which the network can measure a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-28 Timothy J. Proctor , Paul A. Knott , Jacob A. Dunningham

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

The advantages of using quantum states of light for object detection are often highlighted in schemes that use simultaneous and optimal measurements. Here, we describe a theoretical but experimentally realizable quantum illumination scheme…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-23 Hao Yang , Nigam Samantaray , John Jeffers

Quantum radar has emerged as a promising paradigm that utilizes entanglement and quantum correlations to overcome the limitations of classical detection in noisy and lossy environments. By exploiting microwave entanglement generated from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-14 Murat Can Karakoc , Ozgun Ersoy , Ahmad Salmanoghli Khiavi , Asaf Behzat Sahin

Quantum illumination is a technique for detecting the presence of a target in a noisy environment by means of a quantum probe. We prove that the two-mode squeezed vacuum state is the optimal probe for quantum illumination in the scenario of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-11 Giacomo De Palma , Johannes Borregaard

Discriminating between quantum states is a fundamental problem in quantum information protocols. The optimum approach saturates the Helstrom bound, which quantifies the unavoidable error probability of mistaking one state for another.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Shannon Ray , James Schneeloch , Christopher C. Tison , Paul M. Alsing

A future quantum network will consist of quantum processors that are connected by quantum channels, just like conventional computers are wired up to form the Internet. In contrast to classical devices, however, the entanglement and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-28 Andreas Reiserer

Quantum networks provide a platform for astronomical interferometers capable of imaging faint stellar objects. In a recent work [arXiv:1809.01659], we presented a protocol that circumvents transmission losses with efficient use of quantum…

Quantum illumination can utilize entangled light to detect the low-reflectivity target that is hidden in a bright thermal background. This technique is applied to the detection of an object in the curved spacetime of the Earth, in order to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-18 Qianqian Liu , Cuihong Wen , Zehua Tian , Jiliang Jing , Jieci Wang

Entanglement-based quantum key distribution can enable secure communication in trusted node-free networks and over long distances. Although implementations exist both in fiber and in free space, the latter approach is often considered…

We propose a simple interaction protocol to be implemented on a scalable quantum network, in which the quantum nodes consist of qubit systems confined in cavities. The nodes are deterministically coupled by transmission and reflection of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-03 I. Cohen , K. Mølmer

Quantum Internet signifies a remarkable advancement in communication technology, harnessing the principles of quantum entanglement and superposition to facilitate unparalleled levels of security and efficient computations. Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-12 Mohamed Shaban , Muhammad Ismail

Quantum network facilitates the secure transmission of information between different users. Establishing communication links among multiple users in a scalable and efficient way is important for realizing a large-scale quantum network. Here…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-07 Wenjun Wen , Zhiyu Chen , Liangliang Lu , Wenhan Yan , Wenyi Xue , Peiyu Zhang , Yanqing Lu , Shining Zhu , Xiao-song Ma

Quantum illumination utilizes an entanglement-enhanced sensing system to outperform classical illumination in detecting a suspected target, despite the entanglement-breaking loss and noise. However, practical and optimal receiver design to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-21 Xin Chen , Quntao Zhuang

Quantum sensing, built upon fundamental quantum phenomena like entanglement and squeezing, is revolutionizing precision and sensitivity across diverse domains, including quantum metrology and imaging. Its impact is now stretching into radar…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-24 Ricardo Gallego Torrome , Shabir Barzanjeh

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

Entanglement, a key feature of quantum mechanics, is recognized for its non-classical correlations which have been shown to provide significant noise resistance in single-photon rangefinding and communications. Drawing inspiration from the…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-16 Weijie Nie , Peide Zhang , Alex McMillan , Alex S. Clark , John G. Rarity