TY - JOUR
T1 - Microwave quantum illumination
AU - Barzanjeh, Shabir
AU - Guha, Saikat
AU - Weedbrook, Christian
AU - Vitali, David
AU - Shapiro, Jeffrey H.
AU - Pirandola, Stefano
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Physical Society.
PY - 2015/2/27
Y1 - 2015/2/27
N2 - 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 system for applying this technique at microwave frequencies, a more appropriate spectral region for target detection than the optical, due to the naturally occurring bright thermal background in the microwave regime. We use an electro-optomechanical converter to entangle microwave signal and optical idler fields, with the former being sent to probe the target region and the latter being retained at the source. The microwave radiation collected from the target region is then phase conjugated and upconverted into an optical field that is combined with the retained idler in a joint-detection quantum measurement. The error probability of this microwave quantum-illumination system, or quantum radar, is shown to be superior to that of any classical microwave radar of equal transmitted energy.
AB - 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 system for applying this technique at microwave frequencies, a more appropriate spectral region for target detection than the optical, due to the naturally occurring bright thermal background in the microwave regime. We use an electro-optomechanical converter to entangle microwave signal and optical idler fields, with the former being sent to probe the target region and the latter being retained at the source. The microwave radiation collected from the target region is then phase conjugated and upconverted into an optical field that is combined with the retained idler in a joint-detection quantum measurement. The error probability of this microwave quantum-illumination system, or quantum radar, is shown to be superior to that of any classical microwave radar of equal transmitted energy.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.080503
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.080503
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924079240
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 114
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 8
M1 - 080503
ER -