Discriminative remote sensing and surface profiling based on superradiant photonic backscattering

    公开(公告)号:US11264775B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US17077878

    申请日:2020-10-22

    Inventor: Yuping Huang

    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for remote sensing, surface profiling, object identification, and aiming based on two-photon population inversion and subsequent photon backscattering enhanced by superradiance using two co-propagating pump waves. The present disclosure enables efficient and highly-directional photon backscattering by generating the pump waves in properly pulsed time-frequency modes, proper spatial modes, with proper group-velocity difference in air. The pump waves are relatively delayed in a tunable pulse delay device and launched to free space along a desirable direction using a laser-pointing device. When the pump waves overlap in air, signal photons will be created through two-photon driven superradiant backscattering if target gas molecules are present. The backscattered signal photons propagate back, picked using optical filters, and detected. By scanning the relative delay and the launching direction while the signal photons are detected, three-dimensional information of target objects is acquired remotely.

    CHIP-INTEGRATED DEVICE AND METHODS FOR GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS THAT IS RECONFIGURABLE AND PROVIDES GENUINENESS VERIFICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210141609A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US16624768

    申请日:2018-06-27

    Abstract: A device for generation of genuine random numbers, uses quantum stochastic processes in optical parametric nonlinear media. The dimensionality of the random numbers is varied from 2 to over 100,000. Their statistical properties, including the correlation function amongst random numbers, are tailored using linear and nonlinear optical circuits following the parametric nonlinear media. Both the generation and manipulation of random numbers can be integrated on a single nanophotonics chip. By incorporating optoelectric effects, fast streams of random numbers can be created in custom statistical properties, which can be updated or reconfigured in real time, such as at 10 GHz speed. The unpredictability of the random numbers is quantifying by evaluating their min-entropy. The genuineness of quantum random numbers is tested using both statistical tools and independently verified by measuring the quantum entanglement between the photons in real time reducing vulnerability to hostile attack.

    Systems and methods for quantum-secured, private-preserving computations

    公开(公告)号:US11968298B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US18206530

    申请日:2023-06-06

    CPC classification number: H04L9/0852 H04L2209/46

    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for secure computation and/or communication. Entangled photons (118) are generated such that each participating party receives a series of optical pulses. Each party has private information (110, 112) which are never transmitted through public or private communication channels. Instead, each party converts their respective private information (110, 112) into measurement bases via an encryption process (114, 116) which are then applied to the entangled photons (118). After the measurement process, e.g., quantum frequency conversion (122, 124), reference indices are announced (124, 126) so that computation can be performed (128) without revealing the private information directly or indirectly.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTUM MEASUREMENT VIA MODE MATCHED PHOTON CONVERSION

    公开(公告)号:US20210156684A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-27

    申请号:US17164551

    申请日:2021-02-01

    Inventor: Yuping Huang

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a generally-applicable measurement technique based on coherent quantum enhancement effects and provides embodiments with nonlinear optics. The technique utilizes parametric nonlinear processes where the information-carrying electromagnetic quanta in a number of electromagnetic modes are converted phase coherently to signature quanta in a single mode or a few modes. The phase coherence means that while the quanta before conversion may have unequal or uncertain phase values across the modes, the signature quanta converted from those different modes have the (near) uniform phase. This can lead to significant increase in the signal to noise ratio in detecting weak signal buried in strong background noise. Applications can be found in remote sensing, ranging, biological imaging, field imaging, target detection and identification, covert communications, and other fields that can benefit from improved signal to noise ratios by using the phase coherent effect.

    DISCRIMINATIVE REMOTE SENSING AND SURFACE PROFILING BASED ON SUPERRADIANT PHOTONIC BACKSCATTERING

    公开(公告)号:US20210111532A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US17077878

    申请日:2020-10-22

    Inventor: Yuping Huang

    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for remote sensing, surface profiling, object identification, and aiming based on two-photon population inversion and subsequent photon backscattering enhanced by superradiance using two co-propagating pump waves. The present disclosure enables efficient and highly-directional photon backscattering by generating the pump waves in properly pulsed time-frequency modes, proper spatial modes, with proper group-velocity difference in air. The pump waves are relatively delayed in a tunable pulse delay device and launched to free space along a desirable direction using a laser-pointing device. When the pump waves overlap in air, signal photons will be created through two-photon driven superradiant backscattering if target gas molecules are present. The backscattered signal photons propagate back, picked using optical filters, and detected. By scanning the relative delay and the launching direction while the signal photons are detected, three-dimensional information of target objects is acquired remotely.

    Systems and methods for quantum-secured, private-preserving computations

    公开(公告)号:US11711209B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-25

    申请号:US17769303

    申请日:2020-10-16

    CPC classification number: H04L9/0852 H04L2209/46

    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for secure computation and/or communication. Entangled photons (118) are generated such that each participating party receives a series of optical pulses. Each party has private information (110, 112) which are never transmitted through public or private communication channels. Instead, each party converts their respective private information (110, 112) into measurement bases via an encryption process (114, 116) which are then applied to the entangled photons (118). After the measurement process, e.g., quantum frequency conversion (122, 124), reference indices are announced (124, 126) so that computation can be performed (128) without revealing the private information directly or indirectly.

    Chip-integrated device and methods for generating random numbers that is reconfigurable and provides genuineness verification

    公开(公告)号:US11442697B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-13

    申请号:US16624768

    申请日:2018-06-27

    Abstract: A device for generation of genuine random numbers, uses quantum stochastic processes in optical parametric nonlinear media. The dimensionality of the random numbers is varied from 2 to over 100,000. Their statistical properties, including the correlation function amongst random numbers, are tailored using linear and nonlinear optical circuits following the parametric nonlinear media. Both the generation and manipulation of random numbers are integrated on a single nanophotonics chip. By incorporating optoelectric effects, fast streams of random numbers are created in custom statistical properties, which are updated or reconfigured in real time, such as at 10 GHz speed. The unpredictability of the random numbers is quantifying by evaluating their min-entropy. The genuineness of quantum random numbers is tested using both statistical tools and independently verified by measuring the quantum entanglement between the photons in real time.

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