Title :
Improved target-detection signal-to-noise ratio via quantum illumination
Author :
Mouradian, Sara ; Wong, Franco N. C. ; Shapiro, Jeffrey H.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We report the first experimental demonstration of quantum illumination´s signal-to-noise ratio advantage over classical (laser-light) illumination for target detection in a lossy, noisy scenario.
Keywords :
object detection; optical noise; quantum optics; laser-light illumination; optical radar; quantum illumination; target-detection signal-to-noise ratio; Laser beams; Lighting; Measurement by laser beam; Noise measurement; Receivers; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
