Squeezing-enhanced communication without a phase reference

We study the problem of transmitting classical information using quantum Gaussian states on a family of phase-noise channels with a finite decoherence time, such that the phase-reference is lost after m consecutive uses of the transmission line. This problem is relevant for long-distance communication in free space and optical fiber, where phase noise is typically considered as a limiting factor. The Holevo capacity of these channels is always attained with photon-number encodings, challenging with current technology. Hence for coherent-state encodings the optimal rate depends only on the total-energy distribution and we provide upper and lower bounds for all m, the latter attainable at low energies with on/off modulation and photodetection. We generalize this lower bound to squeezed-coherent encodings, exhibiting for the first time to our knowledge an unconditional advantage with respect to any coherent encoding for m=1 and a considerable advantage with respect to its direct coherent counterpart for m>1. This advantage is robust with respect to moderate attenuation, and persists in a regime where Fock encodings with up to two-photon states are also suboptimal. Finally, we show that the use of part of the energy to establish a reference frame is sub-optimal even at large energies. Our results represent a key departure from the case of phase-covariant Gaussian channels and constitute a proof-of-principle of the advantages of using non-classical, squeezed light in a motivated communication setting.

Infinite mode quantum Gaussian states

Quantum Gaussian states on Boson Fock spaces are quantum versions of Gaussian distributions. In this paper, we explore infinite mode quantum Gaussian states. We extend many of the results of Parthasarathy in [ 14 , 16 ] to the infinite mode case, which includes various characterizations, convexity and symmetry properties.

ENTANGLEMENT BOUNDS FOR A FAMILY OF TWO-MODE GAUSSIAN STATES

I study a family of bipartite quantum Gaussian states with three parameters, calculate Gaussian entanglement of formation analytically and the upper bound of relative entropy of entanglement, compare them with the coherent information of the states. Based on the numerical observation, I determine the relative entropy of entanglement and distillable entanglement of the states with infinitive squeezing.