Optimal Quantum States for Image Sensing in Loss

We consider a general image sensing framework that includes many quantum sensing problems by an appropriate choice of image set, prior probabilities, and cost function. For any such problem, in the presence of loss and a signal energy constraint, we show that a pure input state of light with the sig...

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Main Authors: Nair, Ranjith (Contributor), Yen, Brent J. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society (APS), 2012-02-09T16:49:22Z.
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