Symmetric M-ary phase discrimination using quantum-optical probe states

We present a theoretical study of minimum error probability discrimination, using quantum-optical probe states, of M optical phase shifts situated symmetrically on the unit circle. We assume ideal lossless conditions and full freedom for implementing quantum measurements and for probe-state selectio...

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Main Authors: Shapiro, Jeffrey H., Nair, Ranjith, Yen, Brent J., Guha, Saikat, Pirandola, Stefano
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73840
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6094-5861