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There has been much recent interest in quantum metrology for applications to sub-Raleigh ranging and remote sensing such as in quantum radar. For quantum radar, atmospheric absorption and diffraction rapidly degrades any actively…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-18 Kebei Jiang , Hwang Lee , Christopher C. Gerry , Jonathan P. Dowling

IRAS observations show the existence of a correlation between the infrared luminosity Lir and dust temperature Td in star-forming galaxies, in which larger Lir leads to higher dust temperature. The Lir-Td relation is commonly seen as…

We tackle the problem of exploiting Radar for perception in the context of self-driving as Radar provides complementary information to other sensors such as LiDAR or cameras in the form of Doppler velocity. The main challenges of using…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-29 Bin Yang , Runsheng Guo , Ming Liang , Sergio Casas , Raquel Urtasun

The resolution of optical imaging devices is ultimately limited by the diffraction of light. To circumvent this limit, modern super-resolution microscopy techniques employ active interaction with the object by exploiting its optical…

Optics · Physics 2022-01-05 A. A. Pushkina , G. Maltese , J. I. Costa-Filho , P. Patel , A. I. Lvovsky

In recent years, achieving full autonomy in driving has emerged as a paramount objective for both the industry and academia. Among various perception technologies, Lidar (Light detection and ranging) stands out for its high-precision and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-31 Xiao Guo

We propose a novel approach for parameterizing the luminosity distance, based on the use of rational "Pad\'e" approximations. This new technique extends standard Taylor treatments, overcoming possible convergence issues at high redshifts…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-19 Alejandro Aviles , Alessandro Bravetti , Salvatore Capozziello , Orlando Luongo

The interferometric signals produced in conventional dual-comb laser ranging require femtosecond lasers with long-term f_CEO stability, and are limited to an upper sampling rate by radio-frequency aliasing considerations. By using…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-24 Hollie Wright , Jinghua Sun , David McKendrick , Nick Weston , Derryck T. Reid

The LIght Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) sensor has become one of the most important perceptual devices due to its important role in simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). Existing SLAM methods are mainly developed for mechanical…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-18 Han Wang , Chen Wang , Lihua Xie

High-resolution LiDAR data plays a critical role in 3D semantic segmentation for autonomous driving, but the high cost of advanced sensors limits large-scale deployment. In contrast, low-cost sensors such as 16-channel LiDAR produce sparse…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Alexandros Gkillas , Nikos Piperigkos , Aris S. Lalos

LiDAR sensors are used in autonomous driving applications to accurately perceive the environment. However, they are affected by adverse weather conditions such as snow, fog, and rain. These everyday phenomena introduce unwanted noise into…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-06 Aldi Piroli , Vinzenz Dallabetta , Johannes Kopp , Marc Walessa , Daniel Meissner , Klaus Dietmayer

We measure the superradiant emission in a one-dimensional (1D) superradiance lattice (SL) in ultracold atoms. Resonantly excited to a superradiant state, the atoms are further coupled to other collectively excited states, which form a 1D…

Strained layer superlattice (SLS) detectors are a new class of infrared detectors available in the scientific and commercial markets. The photosensitive bandpass is set by material and engineered properties with typical detectors covering…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-31 Aaron Peterson-Greenberg , Michael D. Pavel

In this article, we review the basic concepts of quantum radars as such types of the devices while highlighting differences with their classical analogs. We discuss how several concepts from traditional radars technology, e.g., target…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-09 Gregory Slepyan , Svetlana Vlasenko , Dmitri Mogilevtsev , Amir Boag

Detecting small objects, such as drones, over long distances presents a significant challenge with broad implications for security, surveillance, environmental monitoring, and autonomous systems. Traditional imaging-based methods rely on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Junran Guo , Tonglin Mu , Keyuan Li , Jianing Li , Ziyang Luo , Ye Chen , Xiaodong Fan , Jinquan Huang , Minjie Liu , Jinbei Zhang , Ruoyang Qi , Naiting Gu , Shihai Sun

Typical astronomical spectrographs have a resolution ranging between a few hundred to 200.000. Deconvolution and correlation techniques are being employed with a significance down to 1/1000 th of a pixel. HeAr and ThAr lamps are usually…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Piet O. Schmidt , Stefan Kimeswenger , Hans Ulrich Kaeufl

Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) are fast emerging sensors in the field of Earth Observation. It is a remote sensing technology that utilizes laser beams to measure distances and create detailed three-dimensional representations of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-15 Saad Ahmed Jamal

This letter briefly introduces the concepts of Dicke superradiance (SR) and superfluorescence (SF), their difference to amplified spontaneous emission (ASE), and the hints for identifying them in experiment. As a typical example it analyzes…

Optics · Physics 2011-08-29 D. C. Dai

Robots and autonomous systems need to know where they are within a map to navigate effectively. Thus, simultaneous localization and mapping or SLAM is a common building block of robot navigation systems. When building a map via a SLAM…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-18 Luca Di Giammarino , Irvin Aloise , Cyrill Stachniss , Giorgio Grisetti

Single-photon light detection and ranging (LiDAR), offering single-photon sensitivity and picosecond time resolution, has been widely adopted for active imaging applications. Long-range active imaging is a great challenge, because the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-31 Zheng-Ping Li , Xin Huang , Peng-Yu Jiang , Yu Hong , Chao Yu , Yuan Cao , Jun Zhang , Feihu Xu , Jian-Wei Pan

Laser-plasma technology promises a drastic reduction of the size of high energy electron accelerators. It could make free electron lasers available to a broad scientific community, and push further the limits of electron accelerators for…