Signal-to-noise ratio in squeezed-light laser radar
Applied Optics, Vol. 48, Issue 23, pp. 4597-4609 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.48.004597
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Abstract
The formalism for computing the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for laser radar is reviewed and applied to the tasks of target detection, direction finding, and phase-change estimation with squeezed light. The SNR for heterodyne detection of coherent light using a squeezed local oscillator is lower than that obtained using a coherent local oscillator. This is true for target detection, for phase estimation, and for direction finding with a split detector. Squeezing the local oscillator also lowers SNR in balanced homodyne and heterodyne detection of coherent light. Loss places an upper bound on the improvement that squeezing can bring to direct-detection SNR.
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OCIS Codes
(040.2840) Detectors : Heterodyne
(270.0270) Quantum optics : Quantum optics
(270.6570) Quantum optics : Squeezed states
(280.5600) Remote sensing and sensors : Radar
ToC Category:
Quantum Optics
History
Original Manuscript: April 7, 2009
Revised Manuscript: July 1, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: July 10, 2009
Published: August 4, 2009
Citation
Mark A. Rubin and Sumanth Kaushik, "Signal-to-noise ratio in squeezed-light laser radar," Appl. Opt. 48, 4597-4609 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-48-23-4597
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