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This paper presents a novel micro-Doppler energy-based framework for robust multi-target vital signs monitoring using 77-GHz Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave (FMCW) radar. Unlike conventional phase-based methods that are susceptible to…

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We present a fiber-based continuous-variable quantum key distribution system. In the scheme, a quantum signal of two non-orthogonal weak optical coherent states is sent through a fiber-based quantum channel. The receiver simultaneously…

Advanced gravitational-wave detectors are limited by quantum noise in their most sensitive frequency band. Quantum noise suppression techniques, such as the application of the quantum squeezed state of light, have been actively studied in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-01 Teng Zhang , Denis Martynov , Andreas Freise , Haixing Miao

Continuous-wave (cw) squeezed states of light have applications in sensing, metrology and secure communication. In recent decades their efficient generation has been based on parametric down-conversion, which requires pumping by externally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Amrit Pal Singh , Stefan Ast , Moritz Mehmet , Henning Vahlbruch , Roman Schnabel

In this paper, we examine the use of a deep multi-layer perceptron model architecture to classify received signal samples as coming from one of four common waveforms, Single Carrier (SC), Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-18 C. Tanner Fredieu , Justin Bui , Anthony Martone , Robert J. Marks , Charles Baylis , R. Michael Buehrer

In quantum sensing and metrology, an important class of measurement is the continuous linear measurement, in which the detector is coupled to the system of interest linearly and continuously in time. One key aspect involved is the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-26 Haixing Miao

Continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) has many practical advantages including compatibility with current optical communication technology. Implementation using heterodyne measurements is particularly attractive since it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-26 Shinichiro Yamano , Takaya Matsuura , Yui Kuramochi , Toshihiko Sasaki , Masato Koashi

We investigate the end-to-end altitude estimation performance of a convolutional autoencoder-based interference mitigation approach for frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar altimeters. Specifically, we show that a Temporal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-30 Charles E. Thornton , Jamie Sloop , Samuel Brown , Aaron Orndorff , William C. Headley , Stephen Young

We consider how superconducting microwave detector technology might be applied to the readout of cavity-axion haloscopes and similar fundamental physics experiments. Expressions for the sensitivity of two detection schemes are derived: 1) a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-03-21 Christopher N. Thomas , Stafford Withington , David J. Goldie

This work presents the use of frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar technology combined with a machine learning model to differentiate between normal and abnormal breath rates. The proposed system non-contactly collects data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Mohammad Wassaf Ali , Ayushi Gupta , Mujeev Khan , Mohd Wajid

Fast, high-fidelity measurement is a key ingredient for quantum error correction. Conventional approaches to the measurement of superconducting qubits, involving linear amplification of a microwave probe tone followed by heterodyne…

Frequency combs enable precision measurements across timekeeping, spectroscopy, ranging and astronomy, and are now extending to integrated and field-deployable platforms. Realizing their full performance demands a comprehensive account of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Dong-Chel Shin , Edwin Ng , Myoung-Gyun Suh , Vivishek Sudhir

We have developed a hybrid single photon detection scheme for telecom wavelengths based on nonlinear sum-frequency generation and silicon single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). The SPAD devices employed have been designed to have very…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. T. Thew , S. Tanzilli , L. Krainer , S. C. Zeller , A. Rochas , I. Rech , S. Cova , H. Zbinden , N. Gisin

We propose a coordinated FMCW-OFDM (Co-FMCW-OFDM) system that enables integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) by allowing sensing and communication to share the same RF front end, antennas, and spectral resources. In the proposed ISAC…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Yuhong Wang , Yonghong Zeng , Sumei Sun , Xiaojuan Zhang

Real-time controls based on quantum measurements are powerful tools for various quantum protocols. However, their experimental realization have been limited by mode-mismatch between temporal mode of quadrature measurement and that heralded…

Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave (FMCW) lidar is a recently emerging technology that additionally enables per-return instantaneous relative radial velocity measurements via the Doppler effect. In this letter, we present the first…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Yuchen Wu , David J. Yoon , Keenan Burnett , Soeren Kammel , Yi Chen , Heethesh Vhavle , Timothy D. Barfoot

Spectrum sensing is a fundamental problem in cognitive radio. We propose a function of covariance matrix based detection algorithm for spectrum sensing in cognitive radio network. Monotonically increasing property of function of matrix…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-02-21 Feng Lin , Robert C. Qiu , Zhen Hu , Shujie Hou , James P. Browning , Michael C. Wicks

Heterodyne detectors as phase-insensitive (PI) devices have found important applications in precision measurements such as space-based gravitational-wave (GW) observation. However, the output signal of a PI heterodyne detector is supposed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-15 Boya Xie , Sheng Feng

Quantum communication complexity studies the efficiency of information communication (that is, the minimum amount of communication required to achieve a certain task) using quantum states. One representative example is quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-06 Xiaoqing Zhong , Feihu Xu , Hoi-Kwong Lo , Li Qian

In this work, we introduce an innovative approach to estimate the vital signs of multiple human subjects simultaneously in a non-contact way using a Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar-based system. Traditional vital sign…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Jewel Benny , Narahari N. Moudhgalya , Mujeev Khan , Hemant Kumar Meena , Mohd Wajid , Abhishek Srivastava