Filtering coherent signal from thermal noise by photon-number thresholding

L. Cohen; E. S. Matekole; Y. Sher; D. Istrati; H. S. Eisenberg; J. P. Dowling

doi:10.1364/FIO.2019.JTu4A.44

Filtering coherent signal from thermal noise by photon-number thresholding

L. Cohen^*, E. S. Matekole, Y. Sher, D. Istrati, H. S. Eisenberg, J. P. Dowling

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Racah Institute of Physics

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We filter low photon-number using photon-number-resolving detector, for improving the signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) of rangefinders and lidars. We investigate the technique properties and show where it surpasses the classical SNR.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Frontiers in Optics, FiO_2019
Publisher	Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
ISBN (Print)	9781943580675
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2019.JTu4A.44
State	Published - 2019
Event	Frontiers in Optics, FiO_2019 - Washington, United States Duration: 15 Sep 2019 → 19 Sep 2019

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Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Volume	Part F144-FiO 2019
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

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Conference	Frontiers in Optics, FiO_2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	15/09/19 → 19/09/19

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Cohen, L, Matekole, ES, Sher, Y, Istrati, D , Eisenberg, HS & Dowling, JP 2019, Filtering coherent signal from thermal noise by photon-number thresholding. in Frontiers in Optics, FiO_2019., JTu4A.44, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, vol. Part F144-FiO 2019, Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), Frontiers in Optics, FiO_2019, Washington, United States, 15/09/19. https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2019.JTu4A.44

Filtering coherent signal from thermal noise by photon-number thresholding. / Cohen, L.; Matekole, E. S.; Sher, Y. et al.
Frontiers in Optics, FiO_2019. Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), 2019. JTu4A.44 (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; Vol. Part F144-FiO 2019).

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