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20172026
most citedObservation of second-order temporal interference with thermal light: Interference beyond the coherence time

35 citations · 191 across the 23 of their papers we have counts for

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24 papers

quant-ph2026

Field demonstration of a self-contained 10 km mobile-to-ground quantum network node via common-aperture co-propagation

Dongkyu Kim, Dong-Gil Im, Kyungdeuk Park +4

In this work, we demonstrate a dual-function, common-aperture free-space optical system that simultaneously supports decoy-state BB84 quantum key distribution (QKD) at 803 nm and b…

quant-ph2026

Quantum key distribution over a 2 km free-space channel with a high secure key rate

Kyungdeuk Park, Dongkyu Kim, Dong-Gil Im +4

Free-space quantum key distribution (QKD) provides crucial advantages, including mobility and deployment exibility, for securing next-generation communication networks. However, at…

quant-ph2026

Spectrally engineered collinear type-0 SPDC source with enhanced spectral brightness for entanglement distribution

Dong-Gil Im, Jungmo Lee, Kyungdeuk Park +3

Entangled photon sources with high spectral brightness are important resources for photonic quantum information processing, particularly in quantum communication and quantum networ…

quant-ph2026

Quantum Radar Cross Section with two-photon entangled states

Sunghwa Kang, Jihwan Kim, Zaeill Kim +7

We study two-photon entangled states for quantum radar cross section (QRCS), which is an extension of a single-photon QRCS formula. Since signal-idler entanglement does not provide…

quant-ph2026

Robust Generation of Topological Biphoton Mode via Adiabatic Passage

Jaesung Lim, Jihwan Kim, Dong-Gil Im +4

Topological waveguide arrays support robust mode propagation in the presence of fabrication imperfections, providing a significant advantage for on-chip quantum information process…

quant-ph2026

Time-spectral control of accidental coincidences in daylight entanglement-based free-space QKD

Jiyoung Moon, Yonggi Jo, Zaeill Kim +2

Daylight entanglement-based free-space quantum key distribution (QKD) is limited by accidental coincidences from receiver-admitted background light. We develop and experimentally v…

quant-ph2026

Recon?figurable measurement scheme compatible with MDI-QKD and BB84 protocols using single-laser sideband generation

Jaesung Lim, Yonggi Jo, Nam Hun Park +2

A quantum network can be operated efficiently by switching between measurement-device independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) and BB84 according to the trust level of an int…

quant-ph2026

Quantum target ranging with Hetero-Homodyne detection

Sangwoo Jeon, Yonggi Jo, Jihwan Kim +4

Quantum target ranging, which estimates a target position using entangled photon pairs, is known to offer an error-probability advantage over classical ranging strategies. Yet, rea…

cs.LG2026

NavFormer: IGRF Forecasting in Moving Coordinate Frames

Yoontae Hwang, Dongwoo Lee, Minseok Choi +4

Triad magnetometer components change with sensor attitude even when the IGRF total intensity target stays invariant. NavFormer forecasts this invariant target with rotation invaria…

quant-ph2025

Optimizing brightness of SPDC source in Laguerre-Gaussian modes using type-0 periodically-poled nonlinear crystal

Jungmo Lee, Kyungdeuk Park, Dongkyu Kim +3

Photon pairs generated via spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) can exhibit entanglement in the Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) mode basis, which enables high-dimensional free-spac…

quant-ph2024★ 1 cited

Ultrabright fiber-coupled ploarization-entangled photon source with spectral brightness surpassing 2.0 MHz/mW/nm

Kyungdeuk Park, Jungmo Lee, Dong-Gil Im +2

We present an ultrabright polarization-entangled photon source that is optimally coupled into single-mode fibers (SMFs). This study theoretically and experimentally examines the ch…

quant-ph2022★ 20 cited

Quantum-secured single-pixel imaging with enhanced security

Jaesung Heo, Junghyun Kim, Taek Jeong +4

In this paper, we propose a novel quantum-secured single-pixel imaging method that utilizes non-classical correlations of a photon pair. Our method can detect any attempts to decei…

quant-ph2022★ 5 cited

Quantum-correlation-based free-space optical link with an active reflector

Dongkyu Kim, Dohoon Lim, Kyungdeuk Park +1

We present a quantum-correlation-based free-space optical(FSO) link over 250 m using an outdoor active reflector 125 m from the transceiver station. The performance of free-space o…

quant-ph2022★ 7 cited

Trapping a Free-propagating Single-photon into an Atomic Ensemble as a Quantum Stationary Light Pulse

U-Shin Kim, Yong Sup Ihn, Chung-Hyun Lee +1

Efficient photon-photon interaction is one of the key elements for realizing quantum information processing. The interaction, however, must often be mediated through an atomic medi…

quant-ph2021★ 6 cited

Noise-robust single-pixel imaging in photon counting regime with a pulsed source

Junghyun Kim, Sangkyung Lee, Yonggi Jo +6

We present a method to classically enhance noise-robustness of single-pixel imaging in photon counting regime with a pulsed source. By using time-domain cross-correlations between…

quant-ph2021★ 15 cited

Heralded single-pixel imaging with high loss-resistance and noise-robustness

Junghyun Kim, Taek Jeong, Su-Yong Lee +6

Imaging with non-classically correlated photon-pairs takes advantages over classical limits in terms of sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio. However, it is still a challenge to a…

quant-ph2021★ 15 cited

Observable bound for Gaussian illumination

Su-Yong Lee, Yonggi Jo, Taek Jeong +6

We propose observable bounds for Gaussian illumination to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio, which minimizes the discrimination error between the presence and absence of a low-ref…

quant-ph2021★ 4 cited

Quantum illumination with asymmetrically squeezed two-mode light

Yonggi Jo, Taek Jeong, Junghyun Kim +4

We propose Gaussian quantum illumination(QI) protocol exploiting asymmetrically squeezed two-mode(ASTM) state that is generated by applying single-mode squeezing operations on each…

quant-ph2021★ 4 cited

Surviving Entanglement in Optic-Microwave Conversion by Electro-Optomechanical System

Yonggi Jo, Su-Yong Lee, Yong Sup Ihn +3

In recent development of quantum technologies, a frequency conversion of quantum signals has been studied widely. We investigate the optic-microwave entanglement that is generated…

quant-ph2020★ 26 cited

Quantum illumination receiver using double homodyne detection

Yonggi Jo, Sangkyung Lee, Yong Sup Ihn +2

A quantum receiver is an essential element of quantum illumination (QI) which outperforms its classical counterpart, called classical-illumination (CI). However, there are only few…

quant-ph2020

Coherent multi-mode conversion from microwave to optical wave via a magnon-cavity hybrid system

Yong Sup Ihn, Su-Yong Lee, Dongkyu Kim +2

Coherent conversion from microwave to optical wave opens new research avenues towards long distant quantum network covering quantum communication, computing, and sensing out of the…

quant-ph2020★ 31 cited

Quantum illumination via quantum-enhanced sensing

Su-Yong Lee, Yong Sup Ihn, Zaeill Kim

Quantum-enhanced sensing has a goal of enhancing a parameter sensitivity with input quantum states, while quantum illumination has a goal of enhancing a target detection capability…

quant-ph2019★ 22 cited

Optimal entangled coherent states in lossy quantum-enhanced metrology

Su-Yong Lee, Yong Sup Ihn, Zaeill Kim

We investigate an optimal distance of two components in an entangled coherent state for quantum phase estimation in lossy interferometry. The optimal distance is obtained by an eco…

quant-ph2017★ 35 cited

Observation of second-order temporal interference with thermal light: Interference beyond the coherence time

Yong Sup Ihn, Yosep Kim, Vincenzo Tamma +1

We report observation of a counter-intuitive phenomenon in multi-path correlation interferometry with thermal light. The intensity correlation between the outputs of two unbalanced…