Inherently unpredictable beam steering for quantum LiDAR

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09089v1
• Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:31:08 GMT
• Title: Inherently unpredictable beam steering for quantum LiDAR
• Authors: Junyeop Kim, Dongjin Lee, Woncheol Shin, Yeoulheon Seong, Heedeuk Shin,
• Abstract summary: Quantum LiDAR offers noise resilience and stealth observation capabilities in low-light conditions.<n>We introduce a novel stealth beam steering method that is fundamentally immune to prediction.<n>Our method successfully detects multiple targets in parallel, demonstrating up to a 1000-fold enhancement in signal-to-noise ratio.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Quantum LiDAR offers noise resilience and stealth observation capabilities in low-light conditions. In prior demonstrations, the telescope pointing was raster-scanned, making the observation direction predictable from the pointing direction. However, while Quantum LiDAR can enable stealth observation, operational stealth is enhanced by inherently unpredictable beam steering. Here, we introduce a novel stealth beam steering method that is fundamentally immune to prediction. In a photon pair, the probe photon undergoes diffraction in an unpredictable direction at a grating due to wavelength randomness. The arrival time of the heralding photon, delayed by propagation through a dispersive medium, enables the determination of the probe photon's diffraction direction. Our method successfully detects multiple targets in parallel, demonstrating up to a 1000-fold enhancement in signal-to-noise ratio compared to classical LiDAR. This breakthrough establishes a new paradigm for quantum-enhanced sensing, with far-reaching implications for quantum metrology, secure communications, and beyond.

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