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Ultimate capacity limit of a multi-span link with phase-insensitive amplification

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  • Monday, 23 September 2019
  • 15:23 - 15:23
  • Duration: 9 mins
  • Publication date: 25 Sep 2019
  • Location: Shrewsbury 2, Royal Dublin & Intercontinental Hotel Dublin
  • Part of event ECOC 2019

About the session

The Shannon capacity of a point-to-point link with an optimised configuration of optical amplifiers is compared with general detection strategies permitted by quantum mechanics. Results suggest that the primary application area of receivers based on such strategies may be unamplified short-distance links or free-space optical communication.The Shannon capacity of a point-to-point link with an optimised configuration of optical amplifiers is compared with general detection strategies permitted by quantum mechanics. Results suggest that the primary application area of receivers based on such strategies may be unamplified short-distance links or free-space optical communication.

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  • Amplification
  • ECOC
  • Holevo
  • Shannon

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    Banaszek Konrad

    Centre of Quantum Optical Technologies

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