How does China's first quantum lidar compare with similar equipment in the United States?

Speaking of the frontier hotspots in the field of scientific research, quantum technology will inevitably occupy a place. Of course, this field can be the focus of research and development in various countries. A large part of the reason is also influenced by the current international environment and situation. After all, for emerging fields with very broad application prospects, a country can make major scientific and technological breakthroughs in this field, which will inevitably give it economic and security advantages. Fortunately, China has also made great progress in this field recently.

It is reported that this major breakthrough is the first time that a team led by an academician of China Academy of Sciences and a professor of China University of Science and Technology has recently achieved teleportation in high latitudes. Moreover, China's achievements in the research of quantum lidar should not be underestimated. Recently, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of Wuhan University pointed out that the detection performance of China's first quantum lidar is three orders of magnitude higher than that of similar equipment in the United States. Perhaps many people don't have a deep understanding of the concept of quantum lidar, including the current technology. In fact, there is no unified standard definition of quantum radar. According to the broad definition, it is to use the quantum effect of electromagnetic waves to detect the target of interest at a long distance.

Can be called quantum radar. Lidar is a widely used detection method, which has great potential for performance mining. The quantum radar mentioned above is actually a new technology combining quantum technology with radar detection technology. Just different from traditional radar, quantum radar has the advantages of small size, strong anti-interference ability and easy imaging.

Of course, this technology also directly improves the radar system's ability to detect targets, thus forming a huge advantage in future military anti-stealth and space exploration. Although the content of laser report is not described emphatically in the above report, in fact, we can find gratifying achievements in this field between the lines and in comparison with similar equipment such as the United States.