Bit-Error Performance of QPSK Coherent Signal in a Turbulent Environment

Kentaro Kato

Published Feb 21, 2025• 0 citations

Abstract

We numerically calculated the quantum receiver’s bit-error probability for the Gray-coded QPSK coherent state signal in a turbulent environment in the single-shot quantum signal detection scheme.

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