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2010 International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security
Quantum Detection of Wavelength Division Multiplexing Optical Coherent Signals in Lossy Channels
Krakow, Poland
February 15-February 18
ISBN: 978-0-7695-3965-2
We numerically evaluate the wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) data transmission of coherent phase-shift keying (PSK) and quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signals in optical fiber communication and deep-space communication channels with conventional homodyne-based(dyne-type) detections and various quantum detection strategies. We show the quantitative gap between these detection strategies and especially in the quantum-limited region where the quantum noise seriously limits the transmission rate. For an extremely weak signal input power, there is a crucial gap between the capacity limit and the transmission rates of the WDM system with dyne-type detections. We show that this gap is filled by applying a collective square root detection (SRD) only for each channel, not necessary for quantum collective decoding among WDM channels.
Index Terms:
PSK, QAM, quatnum detection theory, optical
Citation:
Atsushi Waseda, Masahide Sasaki, Masahiro Takeoka, Mikio Fujiwara, Morio Toyoshima, Hidema Tanaka, "Quantum Detection of Wavelength Division Multiplexing Optical Coherent Signals in Lossy Channels," ares, pp.619-624, 2010 International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, 2010
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