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IEEE Photonics Conference

Enhanced Receiver Operating Characteristics in Entanglement-Assisted LiDAR

Georgios Papangelakis, Amr Saher Helmy

Published Nov 9, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We use fractional Fourier domain time-frequency correlations achieved through a nonlocal dispersion protocol to improve the receiver operating characteristics of Entanglement-Assisted LiDAR, with 10s of dBs of improved detection rates.
DOI
10.1109/ipc65510.2025.11282037

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