Journal of Optics B Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
Cut-off rate performance of quantum communication channels with symmetric signal states
Masashi Ban, Keiko Kurokawa, Osamu Hirota
Abstract
The cut-off rate performance of quantum communication channels is considered when the signal quantum states are pure and symmetric. The properties of the quantum cut-off rate which is obtained by the entangled measurement of the received signal are investigated for communication channels in which the symmetric quantum states are both linearly independent and linearly dependent. It is found that the quantum cut-off rate becomes independent of the number of the signal quantum states when they are linearly dependent. Furthermore the properties of the semiclassical cut-off rate which is obtained by the disentangled measurement of the received signal are considered. The necessary and sufficient condition for the positive operator-valued measure of the disentangled measurement to maximize the semiclassical cut-off rate is derived. For binary quantum communication channels with pure signal states, the several parameters, such as the channel capacity and the cut-off rate, which characterize the quantum communication channel are compared.