Josephson Travelling Wave Parametric Amplifiers as Non-Classical Light Source for Microwave Quantum Illumination

  1. Luca Fasolo,
  2. Angelo Greco,
  3. Emanuele Enrico,
  4. Fabrizio Illuminati,
  5. Rosario Lo Franco,
  6. David Vitali,
  7. and Patrizia Livreri
Detection of low-reflectivity objects can be enriched via the so-called quantum illumination procedure. In order that this quantum procedure outperforms classical detection protocols, entangled states of microwave radiation are initially required. In this paper, we discuss the role of Josephson Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers (JTWPAs), based on circuit-QED components, as suitable sources of a two-mode squeezed vacuum state, a special signal-idler entangled state. The obtained wide bandwidth makes the JTWPA an ideal candidate for generating quantum radiation in quantum metrology and information processing applications.
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