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Frontiers in Optics

Elementary information theory applied to phase-(in)sensitive transmission links

Colin J. McKinstrie

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

In this tutorial, I will review the basic concepts of information theory and quantum optics. Subsequently, I will use these concepts to discuss the noise properties and information capacities of optical links, which are sequences of transmission fibers (attenuators) and phase-insensitive or phase-sensitive amplifiers.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2011.ftubb1

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