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Nonorthogonal Quantum States Maximize Classical Information Capacity

Quantum Physics 2009-01-23 v2

Abstract

I demonstrate that, rather unexpectedly, there exist noisy quantum channels for which the optimal classical information transmission rate is achieved only by signaling alphabets consisting of nonorthogonal quantum states.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9703043,
  title  = {Nonorthogonal Quantum States Maximize Classical Information Capacity},
  author = {Chistopher A. Fuchs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9703043},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, REVTeX, mild extension of results, much improved presentation, to appear in Physical Review Letters