系统工程与电子技术 ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (6): 1772-1783.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2023.06.21

• 制导、导航与控制 • 上一篇    

从激光测距到量子纠缠光子对测距

丛爽, 汪泳钦   

  1. 中国科学技术大学信息科学技术学院,安徽 合肥 230027
  • 收稿日期:2021-08-03 出版日期:2023-05-25 发布日期:2023-06-01
  • 通讯作者: 丛爽
  • 作者简介:丛爽(1961—), 女,教授,博士,主要研究方向为运动控制、智能控制、量子系统控制理论及其在量子导航定位系统中的应用
    汪泳钦(1998—),男,硕士研究生,主要研究方向为激光测距、量子导航定位系统

From laser ranging to quantum entangled photon pair ranging

Shuang CONG, Yongqin WANG   

  1. School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
  • Received:2021-08-03 Online:2023-05-25 Published:2023-06-01
  • Contact: Shuang CONG

摘要:

激光测距通过测量激光往返目标的单光子飞行时间与时钟之差来计算目标的距离,针对该技术目前已经有比较成熟的研究成果,因而激光测距技术在地面、地卫、地月测距上均有应用。量子纠缠光子对测距通过对一个在卫星与目标之间往返的纠缠光子与另一个纠缠光子之间的符合计数,经过数据拟合获得往返目标的飞行时间差。由于纠缠光子对是同时产生,所获得的测距结果从原理上就比包括激光测距在内的所有测距方法要高。目前, 针对量子纠缠光子对测距已进行了十几年的理论研究,但实际应用才刚刚开始。主要对激光测距与量子纠缠光子对测距的原理、系统结构、设备与装置及其关键技术进行综述,同时对激光雷达和量子雷达以及与测距相关的研究进行了综述,分析了它们各自的特点,对比了其中的相似之处与不同之处,为量子纠缠光子对测距及定位导航提供了理论依据,并在此基础上对未来量子测距及定位导航领域的发展进行了展望。

关键词: 激光测距, 激光雷达, 量子纠缠光子对测距, 量子雷达, 测距与定位导航

Abstract:

Laser ranging calculates the distance of a target by measuring the difference between the flight time of a single photon of the laser to and from the target and the clock. This technique has already had relatively mature research results and has been applied in ground, earth satellite and earth-moon ranging. Quantum entangled photon pair ranging is obtained by counting the time coincidence between an entangled photon, which travels between the satellite and the target, and another entangled light, and after fitting the data, the difference in flight time between the round-trip target is obtained. Since the entangled photon pairs are generated simultaneously, the obtained ranging results surpass in principle than those of all ranging methods including laser ranging. Currently, quantum entangled photon pair ranging has been theoretically studied for more than a decade, but its practical applications have just found its beginning. The principle, system contracture, equipment and devices, and key technologies used in laser ranging and quantum entangled photon pair ranging are reviewed in this paper. The laser radar, quantum radar and the ranging-related researches are also reviewed. The respective characteristics of above are analyzed, the similarities and differences are compared, and a theoretical basis is provided for quantum entangled photon pair ranging and positioning navigation. On the basis of this, the future development in the field of quantum ranging and positioning navigation is prospected.

Key words: laser ranging, lidar, quantum entangled photon pair ranging, quantum radar, ranging and positioning navigation

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