Single-photon detection: the next space battlefield more transparent

[DrSomnath999]

by Zeng Yao Xu

Photon is the minimum energy quantum of light. Single photon detection technology, has just started in recent years a new photoelectric detection technology, the principle is the use of modern photoelectric effect, you can count single photons of the incident in order to achieve detection of extremely weak target signal. Relevant experts believe that the single photon detection technology can airborne photoelectric detection range from tens of kilometers to thousands of kilometers, is bound to bring the revolution of the airborne target detection systems to change the future of space battlefield combat.

Stealth aircraft will be nowhere to "stealth". F-22, B-2 and other aircraft superior stealth performance, almost active duty radar and photoelectric detection system into a "blind". High detection sensitivity of single photon detection system on the F-22, B-2 stealth aircraft, the role of distance can also be a few hundred to thousands of kilometers, can be found in a very long-range stealth aircraft, it nowhere to hide. " Air Combat from "from the" pull "distance".
Equipped with single-photon detection system for combat aircraft, air target detection range is very far from the further expansion will enable air operations from the current in the distance. : With the pending order photon ultra long-range air-to-air missile fire striking distance of a few hundred to several thousands of kilometers away.

The air war from the traditional tens of kilometers over the horizon operations into a non-contact war thousands of kilometers apart. Global perception of the global fight against "possible. Aerial platform or near space platforms equipped with single-photon detection system, build a single-photon detection network, and only a few single-photon detection system can be achieved to cover the global airspace.

On this basis, with the ground or in the air long-range missiles to build a joint air ground network of fire detection, single-photon detection of the target network as a network-centric warfare to network systems, missiles fired in any position (ground or air) target guidelines, effective attack global goals, to achieve global awareness, global strike.
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well is china developing this technology to counter US stealth jets????& would it be effective???

 

[yyetttt]

Oh God... Great, they didn't leave the sky with noisy jets flying and now we have to suffer from random UFO's at night.

 

[ao333]

This is as theoretical as Russian plasma stealth.

 

[Audio]

This is as theoretical as Russian plasma stealth.

plasma stealth had a drawback-the plasma glowed hot and was visible in IR spectrum. What's the downside for this theory (if any), apart from the non existing thousand mile air to air missile?


I imagine that for capturing single photons one would have to have mighty sensitive machinery.

 

[R0H1T]

plasma stealth had a drawback-the plasma glowed hot and was visible in IR spectrum. What's the downside for this theory (if any), apart from the non existing thousand mile air to air missile?


I imagine that for capturing single photons one would have to have mighty sensitive machinery.

The translation is a bit off so can't understand much of it but from what I gather in order to achieve this they'll have to miniaturize massive components, like the ones deployed at the LHC in Europe, which btw is not gonna happen in the next decade or two !

 

[applesauce]

The translation is a bit off so can't understand much of it but from what I gather in order to achieve this they'll have to miniaturize massive components, like the ones deployed at the LHC in Europe, which btw is not gonna happen in the next decade or two !

the article doesnt say anything about how to do it, it just says basically that this can make stealth aircraft detectable at 1000's of KM and enables world wide situation awareness and able to fight from anywhere in the world.

sounds like nothings more than an idea.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

the single photon detection can work in highly controlled laboratory situations for communication purposes or in metrology, but in real world SENSOR applications the noise would be incredible.