DocumentCode
1987294
Title
Digital communication and quantum phase detection
Author
Hall, Michael J W ; Fuss, Ian G. ; White, Langford B.
Author_Institution
Electron. Res. Lab., Salisbury, SA, Australia
fYear
1991
fDate
14-17 Apr 1991
Firstpage
1949
Abstract
A theory of symmetric phase shift keying is developed using quantum mechanics. The minimum average probability of error is then determined for phase-shift-keyed optical communication systems which use physical states. It is shown that this minimum error is achieved by using states which are represented in the number state basis by discrete prolate spheroidal sequences
Keywords
digital communication systems; error statistics; optical links; phase shift keying; quantum theory; signal detection; digital communication; discrete prolate spheroidal sequences; minimum average error probability; minimum error; number state basis; optical communication; physical states; quantum mechanics; quantum phase detection; symmetric phase shift keying; Australia; Communication systems; Digital communication; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic measurements; Laboratories; Optical modulation; Phase detection; Phase measurement; Quantum mechanics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 1991. ICASSP-91., 1991 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Toronto, Ont.
ISSN
1520-6149
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0003-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICASSP.1991.150770
Filename
150770
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