Target Detection with Asymmetric Gaussian Classical Correlation
Abstract
We study the characteristics of two-mode classical correlation in Gaussian regime, which is produced by impinging a thermal state into a beam splitter. It is explicitly investigated how a measurement on one mode affects the other. The result enables the distinction between classical and quantum correlations. Then, we show how classically correlated states are advantageous in target detection, specifically for an asymmetric classical correlation with different mean photon numbers in the signal and idler modes. Under on-off detection, the classically correlated states significantly outperform quantum correlated states as the environmental thermal mean photon number increases. Furthermore, we demonstrate the advantage of local Gaussian operations in the target detection.
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BibTeX
@misc{lee2026target,
title = {{Target Detection with Asymmetric Gaussian Classical Correlation}},
author = {Su-Yong Lee and Yonggi Jo and Jihwan Kim and Zaeill Kim and Yong Sup Ihn and Duk Y. Kim},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.34698},
eprint = {2610.34698},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34698},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Target Detection with Asymmetric Gaussian Classical Correlation
AU - Su-Yong Lee
AU - Yonggi Jo
AU - Jihwan Kim
AU - Zaeill Kim
AU - Yong Sup Ihn
AU - Duk Y. Kim
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/26
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.34698
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34698
AB - We study the characteristics of two-mode classical correlation in Gaussian regime, which is produced by impinging a thermal state into a beam splitter. It is explicitly investigated how a measurement on one mode affects the other. The result enables the distinction between classical and quantum correlations. Then, we show how classically correlated states are advantageous in target detection, specifically for an asymmetric classical correlation with different mean photon numbers in the signal and idler modes. Under on-off detection, the classically correlated states significantly outperform quantum correlated states as the environmental thermal mean photon number increases. Furthermore, we demonstrate the advantage of local Gaussian operations in the target detection.
ER -