Technical and Commercial Feasibility of Quantum Radar and Lidar

量子雷达和激光雷达的技术和商业可行性

• 批准号: 133085
• 金额: $ 10.96万
• 依托单位: QINETIQ LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=133085
• 关键词: Technical; Commercial; Feasibility; Quantum; Radar

Radar and its optical counterpart, lidar, are well established and widely used technologies. The first is typically exploited for long-range detection, while lidar, operating at visible to near infrared wavelengths, offers improved resolution yet at a shorter distance. With the recent advances in quantum technologies, we can now investigate the feasibility of using quantum metrology in radar and lidar systems. While proof of principle results show the possibility to exploit quantum detection and illumination (e.g. entangled photons) to increase radar/lidar resolution and sensitivity, it is not clear yet if real systems can actually benefit from these achievements. This study will assess if the available quantum technology is mature enough, or is likely to mature, to increase the performance of radar and lidar with respect to the classical state-of-the-art, or achieve the same performances with reduced size/power consumption? This study will consider the most advanced results for quantum radar/lidar schemes and quantum devices for use in realistic situations. This answer will allow an understanding of whether quantum radar/lidar systems are a valuable commercial development worthy of further investigation and investment by UK companies.

雷达及其光学对应物激光雷达是成熟且广泛使用的技术。第一种通常用于远程探测，而激光雷达在可见光到近红外波长下工作，在更短的距离上提供更高的分辨率。随着量子技术的最新进展，我们现在可以研究在雷达和激光雷达系统中使用量子计量学的可行性。虽然原理证明的结果表明，利用量子探测和照明（例如纠缠光子）来提高雷达/激光雷达的分辨率和灵敏度的可能性，但尚不清楚真实的系统是否真的可以从这些成就中受益。这项研究将评估现有的量子技术是否足够成熟，或者可能成熟，以提高雷达和激光雷达相对于经典最先进技术的性能，或者在降低尺寸/功耗的情况下实现相同的性能？这项研究将考虑量子雷达/激光雷达方案和量子设备在现实情况下使用的最先进的结果。这个答案将使人们了解量子雷达/激光雷达系统是否是一个有价值的商业发展，值得英国公司进一步研究和投资。