Programming the Kennedy Receiver for Capacity Maximization versus Minimizing One-shot Error Probability

Jan 1, 2020·
Rahul Bhadani
Rahul Bhadani
,
Michael Grace
,
Ivan B. Djordjevic
Jonathan Sprinkle
Jonathan Sprinkle
,
Saikat Guha
· 1 min read
Type
Publication
Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science
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We find the capacity attained by the Kennedy receiver for coherent-state BPSK when the symbol prior p and pre-detection displacement $eta$ are optimized. The optimal $eta$ is different than what minimizes error probability for single-shot BPSK state discrimination.