Velocity-Controlled Directional Readout of Single Photons
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| author | Hatifi, Mohamed |
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| contents | Photodetection is usually treated in the frame in which the detector is at rest relative to the optical apparatus. We show that uniform motion of an electric Glauber detector changes the single-click POVM realized on two counterpropagating single-photon modes. Motion Doppler-shifts the alternatives in the detector frame; finite bandwidth then converts propagation direction into a detection bias without decohering the photon. For a Lorentzian response near one Doppler branch, the readout crosses from phase-sensitive to direction-sensitive with a quality-factor-enhanced onset. Finite-time integration adds Doppler-beat visibility loss, separating passive covariance from measurement change. |
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| spellingShingle | Velocity-Controlled Directional Readout of Single Photons Hatifi, Mohamed Quantum Physics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Photodetection is usually treated in the frame in which the detector is at rest relative to the optical apparatus. We show that uniform motion of an electric Glauber detector changes the single-click POVM realized on two counterpropagating single-photon modes. Motion Doppler-shifts the alternatives in the detector frame; finite bandwidth then converts propagation direction into a detection bias without decohering the photon. For a Lorentzian response near one Doppler branch, the readout crosses from phase-sensitive to direction-sensitive with a quality-factor-enhanced onset. Finite-time integration adds Doppler-beat visibility loss, separating passive covariance from measurement change. |
| title | Velocity-Controlled Directional Readout of Single Photons |
| topic | Quantum Physics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21206 |