Detection Error Probability Analysis over Atmospheric Quantum Channels with Pointing Errors: A Physically Admissible Bounded Transmissivity Framework

Abstract: We develop an exact error probability framework for quantum free space optics (FSO) communication over atmospheric channels with turbulence and pointing errors under a physically admissible bounded transmissivity model. The proposed framework is grounded in the fundamental physical observation that, in a quantum optical channel, the random channel quantity is the transmissivity itself, namely, […]