MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Limits on Communication using Photons
Hermann A. Haus
MIT EECS
Monday, February 10, 1997
4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101
EECS Colloquium
Abstract
The negentropy principle of information will be reviewed and applied
to communication using photons. In this context, Landauer's
interpretation of the Szilard engine, which converts information into
a decrease in entropy, will be discussed. The amount of information
transmitted by photons will be determined for various limiting cases.
Finally, a practical high bit-rate optical fiber communication system
performance will be presented and compared with the ideal limits.
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