Classical Capacity of the Lossy Bosonic Channel: The Exact Solution

V. Giovannetti; S. Guha; S. Lloyd; L. Maccone; J. H. Shapiro; H. P. Yuen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.027902

Classical Capacity of the Lossy Bosonic Channel: The Exact Solution

V. Giovannetti, S. Guha, S. Lloyd, L. Maccone, J. H. Shapiro, H. P. Yuen

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The classical capacity of the lossy bosonic channel is calculated exactly. It is shown that its Holevo information is not superadditive, and that a coherent-state encoding achieves capacity. The capacity of far-field, free-space optical communications is given as an example.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4
Number of pages	1
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	92
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.027902
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes

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