Exceeding classical capacity limit in quantum optical channel

Details Exceeding classical capacity limit in quantum optical channel Exceeding classical capacity limit in quantum optical channel

2003-04-04

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0304037v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 167906 (2003).

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.167906

The amount of information transmissible through a communications channel is determined by the noise characteristics of the channel and by the quantities of available transmission resources. In classical information theory, the amount of transmissible information can be increased twice at most when the transmission resource (e.g. the code length, the bandwidth, the signal power) is doubled for fixed noise characteristics. In quantum information theory, however, the amount of information transmitted can increase even more than twice. We present a proof-of-principle demonstration of this super-additivity of classical capacity of a quantum channel by using the ternary symmetric states of a single photon, and by event selection from a weak coherent light source. We also show how the super-additive coding gain, even in a small code length, can boost the communication performance of conventional coding technique.

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