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Frontiers in Optics

Quantum Entanglement For Target Detection And Probing Atmospheric Turbulence

Bhaskar Roy Bardhan, G. S. Agarwal, Jonathan P. Dowling

Published Jan 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

We establish quantum entanglement as a direct measure if a target is present or not. We also provide a way to probe noisy atmosphere, estimating allowable range of noise for given entanglement to be preserved.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2013.fw2c.3

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