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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Quantum illumination with x-rays

S. Sofer, E. Strizhevsky, Aviad Schori, Kenji Tamasaku, S. Shwartz

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present the experimental realization of quantum illumination with x-rays. By using entangled photons, we detected the presence of an object in a noisy environment and improved the visibility substantially compared to classical methods.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2019.ff1a.7

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