In Part I of this three-part study it was shown that the use of two-photon coherent state (TCS)
radiation may yield siginificant performance gains in free-space optical communicatinn if the …

Recent theoretical work has shown that novel quantum states, called two-photon coherent
states (TCS), have significant potential for improving free-space optical communications …

In Part I of this three-part study, it was shown that novel quantum states, called two-photon
coherent states (TCS), have significant potential for improving free-space optical …

A theoretical analysis of two simple implementations for optical receivers that achieve near-
quantum optimum performance for phase-quadrature coherent-state signaling is carried out …

The theory of balanced homodyne and heterodyne detection is developed for inputs in
which the signal field is in an arbitrary quantum state and the local-oscillator field is in a …

The optimal discrimination of nonorthogonal quantum states with minimum error probability
is a fundamental task in quantum measurement theory as well as an important primitive in …

Communication theory applied to lightwave channels is ordinarily carried out using the
semiclassical theory of photodetection. Recent development of nonclassical light sources …

The quantum limits on simultaneous phase and squared-amplitude measurements made via
optical heterodyne detection on a single-mode radiation field are established. The analysis …

A parallel development of the semiclassical and quantum statistics of multispatiotemporal
mode direct, homodyne, and heterodyne detection using an ideal (except for its subunity …

The description of Gaussian noise for single-mode quantum fields is briefly reviewed and
applied to calculate the maximal information properties of three quantum communication …