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Quantum Two-Mode Squeezing Radar and Noise Radar: Correlation Coefficient and Integration Time

David Luong, Bhashyam Balaji, Sreeraman Rajan

Published Jan 1, 2020• 8 citations

Abstract

Quantum two-mode squeezing (QTMS) radars and noise radars perform matched filtering of the received signal using a reference signal stored within the radar. Their target detection performance depends on the correlation between the received and reference signals, and the improved detection performance of QTMS radars over noise radars is due to the fact that it has an increased correlation. In this paper, we present a novel way of understanding how detection performance depends on the correlation by relating the correlation to the integration time. Concretely, we prove that increasing the correlation by a given factor is equivalent to increasing the integration time by the square of that factor. We apply this result to a recent QTMS radar experiment where the increase in correlation was approximately a factor of 3. This was found to be equivalent to increasing the integration time by a factor of 9, thus confirming the validity of our result and approximation.

DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.3029473

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