• DocumentCode
    929702
  • Title

    Capacity of the pure-state quantum channel

  • Author

    Helstrom, Carl W.

  • Author_Institution
    University of California, La Jolla, Calif.
  • Volume
    62
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1974
  • Firstpage
    139
  • Lastpage
    140
  • Abstract
    A quantum communication channel carrying orthogonal coherent signals of known phase, received in the absence of background noise, is shown to have infinite capacity.
  • Keywords
    Background noise; Communication channels; Error probability; Frequency; Gaussian channels; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Quantum mechanics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1974.9398
  • Filename
    1451328