Signaling for Covert Quantum Sensing

Mehrdad Tahmasbi, Boulat A. Bash, Saikat Guha, Matthieu Bloch

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Abstract

Motivated by application to quantum radar and the known benefits of quantum illumination in the high-noise low-reflectance regime, we study the design of signaling schemes for covertly probing a distant target over a lossy and noisy bosonic channel. Specifically, we analyze the performance of diffuse and sparse signaling schemes, which achieve covertness by spreading a constant number of photons in many modes or in a few modes, respectively. We benchmark the performance against a converse bound that holds for arbitrary covert quantum illumination schemes. Numerical results suggest the superior performance of the diffuse signaling scheme, which we conjecture outperforms any other covert quantum illumination scheme.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2021 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1041-1045
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538682098
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 12 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2021 - Virtual, Melbourne, Australia
Duration: Jul 12 2021Jul 20 2021

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
Volume2021-July
ISSN (Print)2157-8095

Conference

Conference2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2021
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityVirtual, Melbourne
Period7/12/217/20/21

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

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