Quantum radar
Quantum radar is a hypothetical remote-sensing method based on quantum entanglement.
One possible implementation of such technology has been developed and patented[1] by defense contractor Lockheed Martin.[2] It intends to create a radar system which provides a better resolution and higher detail than classical radar can provide.
The technology is hoped to work by using photon entanglement to allow several entangled photons to function as if a shorter wavelength was used to allow detection of small details while having an overall longer group wavelength that allows long distance transmission.
According to a recent and controversial (but not yet known to have been disproven) theory, any such remote-sensing device (including, but not limited to Lockheed Martin's planned implementation of technology), using quantum (photon) entanglement, may be able to extract meaningful information from specific regions of hyperspace.
A hypothetical research paper on the subject suggests that photon-entanglement, combined with interferometry, can possibly be used to remote-sense distant quantum properties of past, present or even future hypersurfaces of spacetime. The paper is based on exploiting causal and relativistic loopholes[3] supposedly found in the 1999 realization of the Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser experiment by Yoon-Ho Kim, R. Yu, S.P. Kulik, Y.H. Shih, designed by Marlan O. Scully.
[edit] References
- ^ "European patent number EP1750145". https://publications.european-patent-office.org/PublicationServer/documentpdf.jsp?PN=EP1750145%20EP%201750145&iDocId=6181555&iepatch=.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
- ^ Adam, David (2007-03-06). "US defence contractor looks for quantum leap in radar research". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,2027298,00.html. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
- ^ "Causal and relativistic loopholes in a Delayed-choice Quantum Eraser Experiment". http://feny.idokep.hu/quantum/Delayed-Choice-Quantum-Eraser-Remote-Sensing-Hyperspace.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
