DocumentCode
1673330
Title
Information capacities for optical communications: Conventional versus quantum reception
Author
Shapiro, Jeffrey H.
Author_Institution
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The degree to which the ultimate, Holevo capacities for a variety of bosonic communication channels can exceed the Shannon capacities achievable with conventional heterodyne, homodyne, and direct detection is reviewed.
Keywords
channel capacity; optical communication; quantum communication; Holevo capacities; Shannon capacities; bosonic communication channels; information capacities; optical communications; Channel capacity; Channel coding; Entropy; Optical fiber communication; Photonics; Receivers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6326405
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