DETECTION THEORY AND QUANTUM MECHANICS .2.

被引:35
作者
HELSTROM, CW
机构
[1] Department of Applied Electrophysics, University of California, San Diego, California 92037 and Institute for Radiation Physics and Aerodynamics, La Jolla
来源
INFORMATION AND CONTROL | 1968年 / 13卷 / 02期
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10.1016/S0019-9958(68)90746-8
中图分类号
TP301 [理论、方法];
学科分类号
081202 ;
摘要
The detection of a coherent radiative signal of known phase in the absence of background noise is treated in the framework of the quantum-mechanical form of detection theory. The error probabilities of the optimum detector assess the effects of quantum-mechanical uncertainly alone on the detectability of such a signal; they are compared with those attained by a quasi-classical threshold detector and by a detector that counts the number of photons. The question of sufficient statistics in quantum detection and estimation is discussed. © 1968 Academic Press Inc.
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