Error probability in polarization sensitive communication systems in terms of moments of the channel’s rotation angle

Autor: Ágoston Schranz, Eszter Udvary
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Optical and Quantum Electronics. 53
ISSN: 1572-817X
0306-8919
Popis: Polarization effects of channels such as turbulent free space and optical fibers can deteriorate the quality of polarization-sensitive communication schemes, for example, quantum key distribution. The exact nature of the channel is problematic to determine, and most theoretical results are based on approximations. We introduce a general model with probabilistic polarization angle rotation and analyze the average error it causes in terms of the moments of the probability distribution. For a small rotation angle variance, an inequality between distributions’ errors is considered based on their kurtosis values and potentially higher-order central moments. An upper bound is determined for the error probability, holding for all practically interesting scenarios.
Databáze: OpenAIRE