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IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Quantum communication systems (Corresp.)

E. B. Davies

Published Jul 1, 1977• 20 citations
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Abstract

A mathematical formulation of the notion of an idealized continuous time quantum-mechanical communication system is given, using ideas from stochastic processes and from quantum field theory. The formalism is developed at an abstract level and illustrated by constructing a model of a coherent quantum communication system.
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10.1109/tit.1977.1055731

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