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Title: Capacity of a bosonic memory channel with Gauss-Markov noise

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. QuIC, Ecole Polytechnique, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, CP 165, 1050 Brussels (Belgium)

We address the classical capacity of a quantum bosonic memory channel with additive noise, subject to an input energy constraint. The memory is modeled by correlated noise emerging from a Gauss-Markov process. Under reasonable assumptions, we show that the optimal modulation results from a 'quantum water-filling' solution above a certain input energy threshold, similar to the optimal modulation for parallel classical Gaussian channels. We also derive analytically the optimal multimode input state above this threshold, which enables us to compute the capacity of this memory channel in the limit of an infinite number of modes. The method can also be applied to a more general noise environment which is constructed by a stationary Gauss process. The extension of our results to the case of broadband bosonic channels with colored Gaussian noise should also be straightforward.

OSTI ID:
21352313
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 80, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.062313; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English