Quantum radar has recently gained increasing importance in a number of military applications.The estimation accuracy of one-shot quantum illumination events is significant in target detection.However,the accuracy is i...Quantum radar has recently gained increasing importance in a number of military applications.The estimation accuracy of one-shot quantum illumination events is significant in target detection.However,the accuracy is inevitably deteriorated by measurement noises.The traditional one-shot illumination emits a single photon towards a certain area which thermal noise exists in the path to,and the states of the received photons are hard to distinguish in the following processing.Therefore,a new optical probe source is proposed in this work.The independent detecting unit in the enhanced illumination is comprised of two photons aligned in time by using Hong–Ou–Mandel(HOM)interferometer.Further,oneshot detection in a general discrete model is realized and it proves a significant promotion in accuracy.The expansion of useful parts in parameter space and the lower minimal error probability for hypothesis testing have been mathematically demonstrated.The accuracy of one-shot detection can be effectively improved by the proposed scheme implying that it possesses great potential applications in quantum illumination and imaging.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62071363)the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province,China(Grant No.2021LLRH-06)。
文摘Quantum radar has recently gained increasing importance in a number of military applications.The estimation accuracy of one-shot quantum illumination events is significant in target detection.However,the accuracy is inevitably deteriorated by measurement noises.The traditional one-shot illumination emits a single photon towards a certain area which thermal noise exists in the path to,and the states of the received photons are hard to distinguish in the following processing.Therefore,a new optical probe source is proposed in this work.The independent detecting unit in the enhanced illumination is comprised of two photons aligned in time by using Hong–Ou–Mandel(HOM)interferometer.Further,oneshot detection in a general discrete model is realized and it proves a significant promotion in accuracy.The expansion of useful parts in parameter space and the lower minimal error probability for hypothesis testing have been mathematically demonstrated.The accuracy of one-shot detection can be effectively improved by the proposed scheme implying that it possesses great potential applications in quantum illumination and imaging.
