QUANTUM LIMITATIONS TO ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNAL MEASUREMENTS.
Abstract
It was found possible to develop a mathematical theory of communication which includes quantum effects, and as is also important, reduces to the mathematics of classical communication theory when quantum effects can be neglected. Because photoelectric detection is used universally at optical frequencies, and because it lends itself to a simpler theoretical description, earlier publications have considered the statistics of photo detection - how they differ for coherent and incoherent signals, and the consequences of these differences for information transmission. The work was concentrated in two major areas: (a) statistics of photodetection, and (b) quantum statistical analysis of communication.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0610422
Entities
People
- L. Paul Bolgiano Jr.
Organizations
- University of Delaware