• 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