SOME QUANTUM CONSIDERATIONS FOR SUBMILLIMETER AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Abstract

Error probabilities and bounds on information transmission capacities are determined for some communications techniques applicable to channels with significant quantum disturbances. Consideration is given to the performance of systems using ideal energy detection with and without Big-Ml preamplification. The consequences of using signals of limited coherence are evaluated in several cues. It is found that quantum disturbances do not inherently limit the information that can be communicated over a channel in the manner that additive noise does.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0401845

Entities

People

  • D. P. Harris
  • W. R. Ramsey

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplification
  • Amplifiers
  • Bandwidth
  • Communication Channels
  • Communications Techniques
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Frequency Shift
  • Generators
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Noise
  • Phase Modulation
  • Probability Distributions
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Signal Detection
  • Signal Generators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Key Distribution