Quantum Information in Imaging: Advances and Applications

A special issue of Journal of Imaging (ISSN 2313-433X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2019)

Special Issue Editor

US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
Interests: quantum information; quantum communications; quantum computing; quantum sensing; submarine technology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Quantum information science has emerged as an important scientific undertaking that promises to transfigure some components of our information infrastrcuture. Some quantum information devices for improved communication and computation are finally taking shape and becoming a reality. For example, China recently deployed a satellite able to conduct free-space quantum key distribution experiments between two ground sites. And also, D-Wave, IBM, and Google have developed early prototypes for diverse forms of quantum computation.

Quantum imaging is another important aspect of the quantum information revolution. And this is the reason why this Special Issue of Journal of Imaging intends to provide a wide and comprenhensive view of the theory, experiments, technologies, computational problems, potential applications, and challenges in the area of quantum imaging. Clearly, a major point of interest is the potential use of entanglement, squeezed states, and other quantum properties to increase the sensitivity and resolution of imaging sensors.

But the challenges associated to quantum imaging go far beyond the design of novel quantum devices. For example, it is also crucial to improve our understanding of how photons interact with matter. This way, we could look for novel encodings of photon states that are more resilient to the detrimental effects of the environment. Equally important is to understand how the sensing photons interact with a specific target and the information they may transmit to the user.

In addition, considering the large datasets currently generated by imaging devices, it is worth exploring if quantum computers could provide some computational acceleration when applied to the imaging process pipeline. For example, developing efficient quantum algorithms to perform image storage, data fusion, and signal analysis on data produced by traditional or quantum imaging devices.

We are looking for original research or state-of-the art review papers in any of the areas associated to quantum information in imaging.

Dr. Marco Lanzagorta
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Quantum information
  • Quantum imaging
  • Quantum sensing
  • Quantum computation
  • Radar, SAR, and Lidar
  • Image processing
  • Sensor data fusion
  • Quantum optics

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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