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Performance of Exotic Quantum Signals in Free-Space Optical Communications

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The performance of integral-quantum and two-photon-coherent-state signals in free-space optical communications is compared with that of ordinary coherent signals. The farther apart the transmitter and receiver, the smaller the advantage of the former over the latter.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, C-014, University of California, 92093, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

    Carl W. Helstrom

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Helstrom, C.W. (1983). Performance of Exotic Quantum Signals in Free-Space Optical Communications. In: Transactions of the Ninth Prague Conference. Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, vol 9A. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7013-7_1

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