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Full-Field Imaging With Quantum Illumination

Thomas Gregory, Paul‐Antoine Moreau, Ermes Toninelli, Miles J. Padgett

Published May 1, 2020• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present a full-field quantum imaging scheme using a quantum illumination protocol that exploits the spatial correlations between entangled photon-pairs. In doing so we exhibit an advantage for this scheme over the corresponding classical scheme in the presence of increasing levels of noise and loss.
DOI
10.1109/pn50013.2020.9166939

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