Classical Capacity of the Lossy Bosonic Channel: The Exact Solution
- 15 January 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 92 (2), 027902
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.027902
Abstract
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.Keywords
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