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Ultimate Capacity of a Linear Time-Invariant Bosonic Channel

Quantum Physics 2016-04-06 v1

Abstract

We determine the ultimate classical information capacity of a linear time-invariant bosonic channel with additive phase-insensitive Gaussian noise. This channel can model fiber-optic communication at power levels below the threshold for significant nonlinear effects. We provide a general continuous-time result that gives the ultimate capacity for such a channel operating in the quasimonochromatic regime under an average power constraint. This ultimate capacity is compared with corresponding results for heterodyne and homodyne detection over the same channel.

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@article{arxiv.1602.03182,
  title  = {Ultimate Capacity of a Linear Time-Invariant Bosonic Channel},
  author = {Bhaskar Roy Bardhan and Jeffrey H. Shapiro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.03182},
  year   = {2016}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures