Quantum-enhanced Doppler lidar

Autor: Reichert, Maximilian, Di Candia, Roberto, Win, Moe Z., Sanz, Mikel
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: npj Quantum Information 8, 147 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1038/s41534-022-00662-9
Popis: We propose a quantum-enhanced lidar system to estimate a target's radial velocity which employs squeezed and frequency entangled signal and idler beams. We compare its performance against a classical protocol using a coherent state with the same pulse duration and energy, showing that quantum resources provide a precision enhancement in the estimation of the velocity of the object. We identify three distinct parameter regimes characterized by the amount of squeezing and frequency entanglement. In two of them, a quantum advantage exceeding the standard quantum limit is achieved assuming no photon losses. Additionally, we show that an optimal measurement to attain these results in the lossless case is frequency-resolved photon counting. Finally, we consider the effect of photon losses for the high-squeezing regime, which leads to a constant factor quantum advantage higher than $3$ dB in the variance of the estimator, given a roundtrip lidar-to-target-to-lidar transmissivity larger than $50\%$.
Databáze: arXiv