Programming the Kennedy Receiver for Capacity Maximization versus Minimizing One-shot Error Probability

TitleProgramming the Kennedy Receiver for Capacity Maximization versus Minimizing One-shot Error Probability
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsBhadani, R, Djordjevic, IB, Sprinkle, J, Guha, S
EditorGrace, M
Conference NameFrontiers in Optics 2020
Date Published09/2020
PublisherThe Optical Society of America
Conference LocationOnline
ISBN Number978-1-943580-80-4
KeywordsPhotonics, Photonics Information Theory, Quantum Optics
Abstract

We find the capacity attained by the Kennedy receiver for coherent-state BPSK when the symbol prior $p$ and pre-detection displacement $\beta$ are optimized. The optimal $\beta$ is different than what minimizes error probability for single-shot BPSK state discrimination.

URLhttps://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=FiO-2020-JM6B.29
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