Quantum enhancement of a coherent ladar receiver using phase-sensitive amplification

Peter A. Wasilousky; Kevin H. Smith; Ryan Glasser; Geoffrey L. Burdge; Lee Burberry; Bill Deibner; Michael Silver; Robert C. Peach; Christopher Visone; Prem Kumar; Oo Kaw Lim; Gideon Alon; Chao Hsiang Chen; Amar R. Bhagwat; Paritosh Manurkar; Michael Vasilyev; Muthiah Annamalai; Nikolai Stelmakh; Zachary Dutton; Saikat Guha; Cesar Santivañez; Jian Chen; Marcus Silva; Will Kelly; Jeffrey H. Shapiro; Ranjith Nair; Brent J. Yen; Franco N.C. Wong

doi:10.1117/12.892419

Quantum enhancement of a coherent ladar receiver using phase-sensitive amplification

Peter A. Wasilousky
, Kevin H. Smith
, Ryan Glasser
, Geoffrey L. Burdge
, Lee Burberry
, Bill Deibner
, Michael Silver
, Robert C. Peach
, Christopher Visone
, Prem Kumar
, Oo Kaw Lim
, Gideon Alon
, Chao Hsiang Chen
, Amar R. Bhagwat
, Paritosh Manurkar
, Michael Vasilyev
, Muthiah Annamalai
, Nikolai Stelmakh
, Zachary Dutton
, Saikat Guha

Cesar Santivañez, Jian Chen, Marcus Silva, Will Kelly, Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Ranjith Nair, Brent J. Yen, Franco N.C. Wong

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Abstract

We demonstrate a balanced-homodyne LADAR receiver employing a phase-sensitive amplifier (PSA) to raise the effective photon detection efficiency (PDE) to nearly 100%. Since typical LADAR receivers suffer from losses in the receive optical train that routinely limit overall PDE to less than 50% thus degrading SNR, PSA can provide significant improvement through amplification with noise figure near 0 dB. Receiver inefficiencies arise from sub-unity quantum efficiency, array fill factors, signal-local oscillator mixing efficiency (in coherent receivers), etc. The quantum-enhanced LADAR receiver described herein is employed in target discrimination scenarios as well as in imaging applications. We present results showing the improvement in detection performance achieved with a PSA, and discuss the performance advantage when compared to the use of a phase-insensitive amplifier, which cannot amplify noiselessly.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging IX
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892419
State	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging IX - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 24 Aug 2011 → 25 Aug 2011

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8163
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Conference

Conference	Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging IX
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	24/08/11 → 25/08/11

Keywords

LADAR
balanced homodyne detection
coherent detection
heterodyne LADAR
phase-sensitive amplification

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Wasilousky, P. A., Smith, K. H., Glasser, R., Burdge, G. L., Burberry, L., Deibner, B., Silver, M., Peach, R. C., Visone, C., Kumar, P., Lim, O. K., Alon, G., Chen, C. H., Bhagwat, A. R., Manurkar, P., Vasilyev, M., Annamalai, M., Stelmakh, N., Dutton, Z., ... Wong, F. N. C. (2011). Quantum enhancement of a coherent ladar receiver using phase-sensitive amplification. In Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging IX Article 816305 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8163). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892419

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Quantum enhancement of a coherent ladar receiver using phase-sensitive amplification. / Wasilousky, Peter A.; Smith, Kevin H.; Glasser, Ryan et al.
Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging IX. 2011. 816305 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8163).

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