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arxiv: 2601.09073 · v3 · submitted 2026-01-14 · 🪐 quant-ph · physics.optics

Near-optimal discrimination of displaced squeezed binary signals using displacement, inverse-squeezing, and photon-number-resolving detection

Enhao Bai , Jian Peng , Tianyi Wu , Kai Wen , Fengkai Sun , Chun Zhou , Yaping Li , Zhenrong Zhang
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keywords quantum detectionsqueezed statesKennedy receiverphoton-number-resolving detectionbinary phase-shift keyinginverse squeezingquantum communicationdisplaced squeezed vacuum
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An inverse-squeezing Kennedy receiver converts transmitter squeezing into enhanced photon-number contrast for near-optimal discrimination of displaced squeezed binary signals.

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The paper proposes a receiver architecture that applies a Kennedy-type nulling displacement followed by an orthogonally oriented inverse-squeezing operation and photon-number-resolving detection with a maximum-a-posteriori decision rule. This sequence turns the squeezing present in the input states into a larger separation between the photon-count distributions of the two symbols, which functions as an effective coherent-state energy gain at the detector. Under ideal equal-prior conditions the receiver exceeds the standard quantum limit for squeezed-state binary phase-shift keying near a mean photon number of 0.3, surpasses the Helstrom bound for ordinary coherent-state binary phase-shift keying near 0.4, and reaches a 1 percent error rate near 0.6. Performance remains robust to detector inefficiency, dark counts, phase diffusion, and thermal noise when adaptive thresholding is used, but transmission loss gradually erodes the squeezing-enabled advantage.

Core claim

The receiver achieves its performance gain because the inverse-squeezing stage converts transmitter-side squeezing into enhanced photon-number contrast that can be directly exploited by photon-number-resolving detectors and a threshold rule, yielding discrimination error rates that lie below both the standard quantum limit for squeezed-state binary phase-shift keying and the Helstrom bound for coherent-state binary phase-shift keying at low source energies.

What carries the argument

The orthogonally oriented inverse-squeezing operation after Kennedy nulling displacement, which converts input squeezing into an effective coherent-state energy gain for photon-number contrast.

If this is right

  • The receiver surpasses the standard quantum limit for squeezed-state binary phase-shift keying at mean photon number N approximately 0.3.
  • It outperforms the Helstrom bound of coherent-state binary phase-shift keying at N approximately 0.4.
  • It reaches the 1 percent error level near N approximately 0.6 under ideal equal-prior conditions.
  • Adaptive thresholding keeps performance robust against finite detector efficiency, dark counts, channel phase diffusion, and receiver thermal noise.
  • Transmission loss progressively reduces the squeezing-enabled advantage, making the receiver most useful in the low-loss regime.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Matching the degree of receiver inverse-squeezing to the transmitter squeezing parameter could be optimized to extend the performance advantage into moderately lossy channels.
  • The same conversion of squeezing into photon-count contrast may apply to other modulation formats that use displaced squeezed states.
  • Low-energy squeezed sources paired with this receiver could support lower-power quantum key distribution links when channel loss is small.
  • The architecture illustrates how tailored non-Gaussian measurements can extract more information from squeezed light than standard homodyne or direct-detection schemes.

Load-bearing premise

The inverse-squeezing operation can be realized with negligible added noise in the low-loss regime for the fixed source parametrization chosen in the work.

What would settle it

An experiment that measures the bit error rate of the proposed receiver at mean photon number N approximately 0.3 under ideal conditions and checks whether the rate lies below the standard quantum limit curve for squeezed-state binary phase-shift keying.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2601.09073 by Chen Dong, Chun Zhou, Enhao Bai, Fengkai Sun, Jian Peng, Kai Wen, Tianyi Wu, Yaping Li, Zhenrong Zhang.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. The ratios of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Schematic of the proposed inverse-squeezing Kennedy receiver. The input state [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Phase-space representations (a–c) and Fock-basis populations (d–f) of the input states [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Performance of the IS-Kennedy under ideal conditions. (a) Error probability of the IS-Kennedy. (b) Ratio (in dB) of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Performance analysis of the IS-Kennedy receiver under imperfect detection conditions. (a) Error probability of IS [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Schematic diagram of phase diffusion noise channel. The signal state [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. Phase-space representations of S-BPSK signal (mean photon number [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8. Simulation results of IS-Kennedy under phase diffusion noise ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: FIG. 9. Schematic of the IS-Kennedy under receiver thermal noise. The processed states [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_9.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: FIG. 10. Simulation results of IS-Kennedy with PNR(M) under thermal noise condition: (a) Error probability ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_10.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: FIG. 11. Schematic diagram of pure-loss channel. The signal state [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_11.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 12. Figure 12: FIG. 12. Simulation results of IS-Kennedy with PNR(M) under transmission loss condition (attenuation coefficient [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_12.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 13. Figure 13: summarizes the practical operating regime through the maximum advantageous link length Lmax, defined as the longest link for which the IS-Kennedy still outperforms the lossy Kennedy receiver. Hence, the IS-Kennedy is advantageous in the region L < Lmax, i.e., below the corresponding Lmax curve. Overall, the transmission-loss analysis shows that, within the fixed-β S-BPSK parametrization considered here, t… view at source ↗
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We propose an inverse-squeezing Kennedy receiver for discriminating binary phase-shift-keyed displaced squeezed vacuum states. The receiver combines a Kennedy-type nulling displacement, an orthogonally oriented inverse-squeezing operation and photon-number-resolving detection with a maximum-a-\emph{posteriori} threshold rule. Its key mechanism is that the inverse-squeezing stage converts transmitter-side squeezing into enhanced photon-number contrast, or equivalently an effective coherent-state energy gain, that can be directly exploited at the measurement stage. Under ideal equal-prior conditions, the receiver surpasses the standard quantum limit for squeezed-state binary phase-shift keying at approximately $N\approx 0.3$, outperforms the Helstrom bound of coherent-state binary phase-shift keying at approximately $N\approx 0.4$, and reaches the 1\% error level near $N\approx 0.6$. We further analyze its performance under realistic imperfections, including finite detector efficiency, dark counts, channel phase diffusion, receiver thermal noise and transmission loss. The results show that adaptive thresholding preserves robust performance against detector and noise imperfections over practical parameter ranges, whereas transmission loss progressively suppresses the squeezing-enabled advantage. These findings indicate that, for the fixed source parametrization adopted in this work, the proposed receiver is most advantageous in the low-loss regime, especially at low source energies.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript proposes an inverse-squeezing Kennedy receiver for discriminating binary phase-shift-keyed displaced squeezed vacuum states. The receiver combines a Kennedy-type nulling displacement, an orthogonally oriented inverse-squeezing operation, and photon-number-resolving detection with a maximum-a-posteriori threshold rule. Under ideal equal-prior conditions, the receiver is claimed to surpass the standard quantum limit for squeezed-state BPSK at N≈0.3, outperform the Helstrom bound of coherent-state BPSK at N≈0.4, and reach the 1% error level near N≈0.6. The work further analyzes performance under imperfections including finite detector efficiency, dark counts, channel phase diffusion, receiver thermal noise, and transmission loss, concluding that the advantage is most pronounced in the low-loss regime for the adopted source parametrization.

Significance. If the central performance thresholds are robust, the work provides a concrete receiver architecture that converts transmitter squeezing into measurable photon-number contrast, offering a pathway toward quantum-limited discrimination at low mean photon numbers. The explicit treatment of multiple realistic imperfections adds practical value for assessing feasibility in quantum communication protocols.

major comments (1)
  1. [Performance analysis (ideal and imperfect cases)] The headline thresholds (surpassing SQL at N≈0.3 and Helstrom coherent bound at N≈0.4) rest on modeling the inverse-squeezing stage as an ideal noiseless unitary. While the manuscript analyzes receiver thermal noise and other imperfections, it does not report quantitative sensitivity of the crossing points to modest added noise or loss (0.05–0.2 dB) specifically within the inverse-squeezing operation itself; this modeling choice is load-bearing for the low-N claims.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract refers to a 'fixed source parametrization' without specifying the relation between squeezing parameter and mean photon number N; adding one sentence or a reference to the relevant equation would improve clarity.
  2. [Figures] Figure captions and axis labels should explicitly state whether curves include the MAP threshold optimization or assume a fixed threshold, to avoid ambiguity when comparing to the reported numerical thresholds.

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for highlighting the importance of assessing robustness in the inverse-squeezing stage. We address the major comment below and will incorporate the requested analysis in the revised version.

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  1. Referee: [Performance analysis (ideal and imperfect cases)] The headline thresholds (surpassing SQL at N≈0.3 and Helstrom coherent bound at N≈0.4) rest on modeling the inverse-squeezing stage as an ideal noiseless unitary. While the manuscript analyzes receiver thermal noise and other imperfections, it does not report quantitative sensitivity of the crossing points to modest added noise or loss (0.05–0.2 dB) specifically within the inverse-squeezing operation itself; this modeling choice is load-bearing for the low-N claims.

    Authors: We agree that the headline thresholds rely on an ideal model of the inverse-squeezing operation and that explicit quantification of sensitivity to small added loss or noise in that stage is needed to support the low-N claims. In the revised manuscript we will add a dedicated subsection that introduces a loss parameter (0.05–0.2 dB) and a small thermal-noise term directly into the inverse-squeezing unitary, recomputes the error-probability curves, and reports the resulting shifts in the crossing points with both the squeezed-state SQL and the coherent-state Helstrom bound. We will also include a brief discussion of how these shifts affect the 1 % error threshold near N≈0.6. This addition will be placed immediately after the ideal-case analysis and before the existing imperfect-detector and channel-loss sections. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; performance metrics derived from independent quantum-optical calculations

full rationale

The paper evaluates receiver error rates by applying the standard quantum-optical expressions for displaced squeezed vacuum states, displacement operations, inverse squeezing, and photon-number-resolving detection to compute success probabilities and compare them against the Helstrom bound and SQL. These calculations use fixed source parameters (mean photon number N and squeezing level) as inputs and produce output error curves directly; no parameters are fitted to the target crossing points, no result is defined in terms of itself, and no load-bearing premise reduces to a self-citation or author-specific ansatz. The ideal inverse-squeezing assumption is stated as an explicit modeling choice for the low-loss regime rather than derived from the performance figures. The derivation therefore remains self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on standard quantum mechanics of squeezed vacuum states, linear optical transformations, and photon counting statistics; no new entities are introduced and the only free parameter is the mean photon number N used to plot performance curves.

free parameters (1)
  • mean photon number N
    Performance curves and crossover points (N≈0.3, 0.4, 0.6) are expressed as functions of this source energy parameter.
axioms (1)
  • standard math Quantum mechanics of displaced squeezed vacuum states and photon-number-resolving detection
    Invoked throughout the performance analysis as the underlying physical model.

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