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arxiv: 2605.19602 · v1 · pith:XKLTWNGGnew · submitted 2026-05-19 · 🪐 quant-ph

Quantum communications in continuous variable systems

Michele N. Notarnicola This is my paper

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keywords quantum communicationscontinuous variablecoherent stateshybrid receiversCVQKDstate discriminationquantum advantagediscrete modulation
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Hybrid receivers for binary phase-shift keying deliver quantum advantage in coherent-state discrimination while tolerating experimental imperfections.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper designs practical tools for quantum communications in continuous-variable systems based on coherent states. It creates hybrid receivers that improve discrimination of binary phase-shift keyed signals beyond standard detectors and stay effective under realistic noise. It also develops discrete-modulation protocols for continuous-variable quantum key distribution that match current optical hardware and shows how state-discrimination receivers can be inserted into CVQKD to produce a genuine quantum performance gain over conventional schemes.

Core claim

The authors show that hybrid receivers combining quadrature measurements and other detection elements can achieve lower error rates than conventional homodyne or heterodyne detection for binary phase-shift keying of coherent states, with the advantage preserved under typical experimental imperfections, and that the same discrimination approach can be adapted inside continuous-variable quantum key distribution to raise secret-key rates or security margins beyond standard Gaussian protocols.

What carries the argument

Hybrid receiver for binary phase-shift keying discrimination, which merges coherent-state measurements to reduce error probability while remaining compatible with optical hardware.

If this is right

  • Quantum advantage in coherent-state discrimination becomes feasible for fiber-optic links without requiring perfect devices.
  • Discrete-modulation CVQKD protocols align with existing commercial optical communication technology.
  • Optical amplifiers can be used to counteract channel losses in current CVQKD systems.
  • Inserting an optimized state-discrimination receiver into CVQKD yields measurable quantum enhancement over Gaussian protocols.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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

  • If the receivers prove robust in fiber, they could support longer-range quantum networks using standard telecom components.
  • The discrete-modulation approach may lower the barrier for integrating quantum key distribution with classical data channels.
  • Further work could test whether the same hybrid receiver idea extends to multi-symbol discrimination tasks.

Load-bearing premise

The new hybrid receivers and discrete-modulation protocols can be built with present-day modulation and detection hardware and still keep their stated quantum advantage when realistic imperfections are included.

What would settle it

A laboratory measurement of the bit-error rate achieved by the proposed hybrid receiver in a binary phase-shift keying task, compared directly with the performance of standard homodyne detection under controlled loss and noise levels, would confirm or refute the claimed advantage.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.19602 by Michele N. Notarnicola.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Phase space representation of Gaussian states: the vacuum [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p025_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: (a) Setup of homodyne detection of quadrature [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p031_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: (a) Scheme of weak-field homodyne (WH) detection employing a low LO, [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p035_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Plot of the Shannon capacities Cr, r = SH, DH, in Eq. (114), and the Gordon-Holevo capacity CH in (116) as a function of the mean received energy nS for zero excess noise photons nN = 0. whereas in the presence of DH detection we adopt a bi-variate modulation, namely pA(xA, yA) = Nσ2 (xA)Nσ2 (yA). In turn, the average quantum state at Bob’s side contains nS = σ 2 and nS = 2σ 2 mean photons, respectively. T… view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Schematic description of a quantum decision problem. A source encodes a classical symbol [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p045_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Phase space representation of the OOK (left) and BPSK (right) encodings. In the former [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p048_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Setup of the Kennedy receiver. The incoming signal [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p050_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Log plot of the error probabilities of the standard and improved Kennedy receivers [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p050_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Optimized displacement βIK of the IK receiver as a function of the coherent amplitude α of the incoming signal. The dashed line βK = α represents the (fixed) displacement amplitude of the standard Kennedy receiver. An improved version of the Kennedy receiver has been obtained by Takeoka and Sasaki by optimizing the displacement amplitude.89 In their improved Kennedy (IK) receiver, the “nulling” displacemen… view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: Setup of the Dolinar receiver. The field [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p053_10.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: Scheme of the displacement feed-forward receiver (DFFRE) proposed in. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p056_11.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 12. Figure 12: Equivalent scheme of the DFFRE. Each copy [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p057_12.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 13. Figure 13: (a) Log plot of P (N) DF as a function of the signal energy α 2 for different number of copies N. PSQL, PHel and PK refer to the SQL (134), the Helstrom bound (132), and the Kennedy error probability (136), respectively. (b) Plot of R (N) DF as a function of α 2 for different N. For α 2 ≫ 1 all ratios approach the Kennedy limit. connected to a switch s, switching at every click between s = 0 and s = 1, bu… view at source ↗
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Figure 14. Figure 14: Scheme of the HYNORE. The incoming signal is split at a beam splitter with transmis [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p061_14.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 15. Figure 15: (a) Log plot of P (id) HY as a function of α 2 for LO intensity z 2 = 5 compared to the Kennedy receiver (136), the SQL (134) and the Helstrom bound (132). (b) Plot of the ratio R (id) h/K as a function of α 2 for several values of the LO intensity z 2 . In the inset, plot of the optimized transmissivity τ (id) opt as a function of α 2 . For α 2 > Nth(z) we have τ (id) opt = 1 − λ(z)/α2 . In both the pict… view at source ↗
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Figure 16. Figure 16: Plot of Rα(z) as a function of the LO intensity z 2 for different resolution M and fixed signal energy α 2 = 2. For M < ∞, R(z) exhibits a minimum at a finite LO intensity [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p064_16.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 17. Figure 17: (a) Log plot of PHY as a function of α 2 for different resolution M compared to the Kennedy receiver (136), the SQL (134) and the Helstrom bound (132). (b) Plot of the ratio Rh/K as a function of α 2 for different M. The case M = ∞ refers to the homodyne limit (176) optimized over transmissivity. HYNORE with finite photon-number resolution. We now consider the more realistic case of PNR(M) detectors havin… view at source ↗
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Figure 18. Figure 18: Scheme of the HFFRE. We split the incoming signal [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p066_18.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 19. Figure 19: Log plot of P (N) HF and P (N) DF as a function of the signal energy α 2 for N = 1. The PNR resolution is M = 2. PSQL, PHel, PK and PHY refer to the SQL (134), the Helstrom bound (132), and the error probabilities of the Kennedy receiver (136) and the HYNORE (184), respectively [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p067_19.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 20. Figure 20: (a) Plot of R (N) p , p = DF, HF, as a function of α 2 for different number of copies N. The PNR resolution is M = 2. (b) Plot of R (N) HF as a function of α 2 for N = 1 and different PNR resolutions M. The dashed line corresponds to R (N) DF for N = 1. As both τ and z are free parameters, after N copies the error probability reads P (N) HF = 1 − max τ,z P (N) HF (τ, z), (188) depicted in [PITH_FULL_IMAG… view at source ↗
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Figure 21. Figure 21: Log plot of PHY(η) and PK(η) as a function of the signal energy α 2 for different quantum efficiency η. The PNR resolution is M = 2. PSQL and PHel refer to the SQL (134) and the Helstrom bound (132), respectively. into µ± → ηµ±, obtaining: S∆(η; α (r) k ) = X M n,m=0 pn [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p070_21.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 22. Figure 22: (a) Plot of the ratio Rh/K(η) as a function of α 2 for different η. (b) Plot of the gain Gp(η), p = K, HY, as a function of α 2 for different η. The PNR resolution is M = 2 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p070_22.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 23. Figure 23: (a) Log plot of PD(ν) as a function of the signal energy α 2 for different resolution M. PSQL and PHel refer to the SQL (134) and the Helstrom bound (132), respectively. (b) Plot of the gain GD(ν) as a function of α 2 for different M. In both the pictures, the dark count rate is set to ν = 10−3 . Plots of the error probabilities for different PNR(M) detectors are depicted in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full… view at source ↗
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Figure 24. Figure 24: (a) Plot of the optimized transmissivity [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p074_24.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 25. Figure 25: (a) Plot of the ratio Rh/D(ν) as a function of α 2 for different M. (b) Plot of the gain GHY(ν) as a function of α 2 for different M. The dot-dashed line refers to the DPNR gain GD(ν) for PNR(3) detection. In turn, the HYNORE outperforms the DPNR receiver only in some energy regimes. For a better visualization of the advantages brought by the hybrid receiver, we consider the relative ratio Rh/D(ν) = PHY(ν… view at source ↗
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Figure 26. Figure 26: Log plot of PHY(ξ) and PK(ξ) as a function of the signal energy α 2 for different PNR resolution M and ξ = 0.998. PSQL and PHel refer to the SQL (134) and the Helstrom bound (132), respectively. D-PNRM receiver. In the presence of a visibility reduction the approach is quite similar to the dark count case. Given Eq. (205), if |α0⟩ is sent the probability of detecting outcome n is pn(2α 2 (1 − ξ)), whereas… view at source ↗
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Figure 27. Figure 27: Plot of the optimized transmissivity τopt(ξ) (a) and LO intensity z 2 opt(ξ) (b) as a function of α 2 for ξ = 0.998. The PNR resolution is M = 3. In the shaded regions we have τopt(ξ) = 1 and the HYNORE performs as a DPNR receiver. Plots of PHY(ξ) are reported in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p078_27.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 28. Figure 28: (a) Plot of the ratio Rh/D(ξ) as a function of α 2 for different M. (b) Plot of the gain Gp(ξ), p = D, HY, as a function of α 2 for different M. We set the value ξ = 0.998. 5.5.2. HFFRE vs DFFRE After widely discussing the robustness of single-copy receivers, we now extend the comparison to multi-copy receivers, namely DFFRE and HFFRE. In both cases, splitting the encoded signal into many rescaled copies … view at source ↗
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Figure 29. Figure 29: Log plot of P (N) HF (η) and P (N) DF (η) as a function of the signal energy α 2 for N = 1 and different values of η. The PNR resolution is M = 2. Reduced quantum efficiency. The presence of a quantum efficiency η ≤ 1 re￾quires only to rescale the coherent amplitudes of all the measured pulses by a factor √η, as no mixedness is introduced at the detectors. Thereafter, in the HF￾FRE scheme of [PITH_FULL_I… view at source ↗
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Figure 30. Figure 30: (a) Plot of the gain G (N) p (η), p = DF, HF, as a function of the signal energy α 2 for N = 1 and different quantum efficiency η. (Bottom) Plot of the gain G (N) p (η), p = DF, HF, as a function of α 2 for η = 0.7 and different number of copies N. In both the pictures, the PNR resolution is M = 2. the discussed receivers beat the SQL (134). To better highlight this feature, we consider the gain G (N) p (… view at source ↗
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Figure 31. Figure 31: (a) Log plot of P (N) HF (ν) and P (N) DF (ν) as a function of the signal energy α 2 for different values of N. (b) Plot of the gain G (N) p (ν), p = DF, HF, as a function of α 2 for different N. In both the pictures, the PNR resolution is M = 2 and the dark count rate is ν = 10−3 . σj = −σj−1. In the ideal scenario with zero dark count rate we have nth = 1. The final decision rule becomes: n < nth → | − … view at source ↗
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Figure 32. Figure 32: (a) Log plot of P (N) HF (ξ) and P (N) DF (ξ) as a function of the signal energy α 2 for different values of N. (b) Plot of the gain G (N) p (ξ), p = DF, HF, as a function of α 2 for different N. In both the pictures, the PNR resolution is M = 2 and the visibility is ξ = 0.998. Visibility reduction. Finally, we address the impact of reduced visibility ξ ≤ 1. In the HFFRE we observe a visibility reduction … view at source ↗
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Figure 33. Figure 33: Phase space representation of the BPSK encoding before (left) and after (right) the appli [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p086_33.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 34. Figure 34: Log plot of the Helstrom bound PHel(σ) and the SQL PSQL(σ) as a function of the signal energy α 2 for different values of phase noise σ. In the limit of large noise, the homodyne receiver becomes near optimum and PSQL(σ) ≈ PHel(σ). On the contary, the SQL, obtained with homodyne detection, reads:18, 121 PSQL(σ) = 1 2 Z ∞ 0 dx p(σ) HD(x|0) + Z 0 −∞ dx p(σ) HD(x|1) , (237) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_f… view at source ↗
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Figure 35. Figure 35: (a) Error probability [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p089_35.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 36. Figure 36: Gain GD(σ) of the DPNR receiver with respect to the SQL as a function of the signal energy α 2 for different photon number resolution M, when GD(σ) > 0 we beat the SQL. The PNR(1) case corresponds to the Kennedy receiver. We fix the noise value to σ = 0.1. anymore in the presence of noise. The Kennedy is beaten by DPNR receivers with higher resolution M, whose corresponding error probabilities exhibit a s… view at source ↗
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Figure 37. Figure 37: Error probability PD(σ) of the DPNR receiver as a function of the noise σ for α 2 = 1 (a) and α 2 = 4 (b). For α 2 = 1, the curves of PNR(M) detection with M ≥ 2 are superimposed and, thus, indistinguishable. Given the energy α 2 , the DPNR receiver outperforms the SQL in the small-noise regime, whereas for large noise the SQL becomes near-optimum. In [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p091_37.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 38. Figure 38: Maximum tolerable phase noise σ (D) max as a function of the signal energy α 2 for different photon number resolution M. The DPNR receiver beats the SQL in the undergraph region, namely σ < σ(D) max. Given the previous considerations, we introduce as a figure of merit the max￾imum tolerable phase noise σ (D) max, namely the maximum level of noise for which GD(σ) ≥ 0 for a given signal energy α 2 , depicte… view at source ↗
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Figure 39. Figure 39: (a) Error probability PHY(σ) of the HYNORE as a function of the signal energy α 2 for different photon number resolution M. The dot-dashed lines are the error probabilities of the DPNR receiver. (b) Gain GHY(σ) of the HYNORE with respect to the SQL as a function of the signal energy α 2 . In both the pictures we fix the noise value to σ = 0.1. 6 8 10 12 14 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 2 4 6 8 10 1… view at source ↗
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Figure 40. Figure 40: Optimized transmissivity τopt(σ) (a) and LO z 2 opt(σ) (b) as a function of the signal energy α 2 for PNR(3) detectors. Both the quantities have been obtained by numerical optimization. In the shaded regions we have τopt(σ) = 1 and the HYNORE performs as a DPNR receiver. We fix the noise value to σ = 0.1. The physical meaning of the present results is clearer when considering the optimized transmissivity … view at source ↗
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Figure 41. Figure 41: Error probability PHY(σ) of the DPNR receiver as a function of the noise σ for α 2 = 1 (a) and α 2 = 4 (b), compared to the DPNR receiver. 2 4 6 8 10 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p095_41.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 42. Figure 42: Maximum tolerable phase noise σ (HY) max as a function of the signal energy α 2 for different photon number resolution M. The HYNORE receiver beats the SQL in the undergraph region, namely σ < σ(HY) max . The dot-dashed line refers to σ (D) max for M = 3. Finally, in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p095_42.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 43. Figure 43: Two-dimensional example of the PGM method. Given the constellation states [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p113_43.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 43. Figure 43: However, in 2004 Eldar and Forney derived an extension of the method [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p117_43.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 44. Figure 44: Phase space representation of the QPSK encoding, where information is encoded in the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p119_44.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 45. Figure 45: Setup of the Bondurant receiver. The field [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p122_45.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 46. Figure 46: Log plot of P (p) Bon, p = I,II, as a function of the signal energy α 2 . PSQL and Pmin refer to the SQL (362) and the minimum error probability (358) achieved by the PGM, respectively. Type I and type II receivers beat the SQL for α 2 ≥ α 2 p, p = I,II, whereas, in the limit α 2 ≫ 1, we have P (I) Bon ≈ α 2e−2α 2 and P (II) Bon ≈ e−2α 2 , proving type II receiver to be near-optimum. The performance of th… view at source ↗
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Figure 47. Figure 47: Scheme of the QDRE proposed in.109 The incoming signal |αk⟩ is split into 3 branches thanks to a pair of beam splitters with transmissivity t1(2) (and corresponding reflectivity r1(2) = 1 − t1(2). On the 3 signals, we implement the “nullling” displacements D(− √ t1α0), D(− √r1r2α2) and D(− √ r1t2α1), respectively, followed by on-off detection. We perform the fi￾nal decision according to the outcomes of th… view at source ↗
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Figure 48. Figure 48: Log plot of P (p) QD, p = I,II, as a function of the signal energy α 2 . PSQL, Pmin, and P (I) Bon refer to the SQL (362), the minimum error probability (358) achieved by the PGM, and the error probability of type I Bondurant receiver (375). in the latter, called case II, we optimize the values t1(2) for each α 2 to minimize Eq. (385). That is, P (I) QD = PQD(t1 = 1/3, t2 = 1/2) = 1 4 e −8α 2/3  1 − e 2α… view at source ↗
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Figure 49. Figure 49: Scheme of the QDFFRE proposed in.109 The incoming signal |αk⟩ is split into N copies. Each copy m = 1, . . . , N undergoes a conditional displacement D(−αjm/ √ N) followed by on-off detection. For the first copy we have j1 = 0. For the others, the outcome of the (m−1)-th detection sets out the displacement amplitude jm to be implemented on the following copy. The QDFFRE is based on the slicing property of… view at source ↗
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Figure 50. Figure 50: Log plot of the decision error probability [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p131_50.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 51. Figure 51: Scheme of the PM version of CVQKD. Alice randomly generates a coherent state [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p138_51.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 52. Figure 52: Scheme of the EB version of CVQKD. Now, Alice holds the two-mode entangled state [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p139_52.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 53. Figure 53: Unitary dilation of the channel noisy map [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p142_53.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 53. Figure 53: Then, Eve may optimize her strategy and choose the unitary dilation that [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p143_53.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 54. Figure 54: Scheme of the GG02 protocol both in the PM (a) and EB version (b). In the PM protocol, [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p146_54.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 55. Figure 55: Schematic description of the entangling cloner attack, performed in the GG02 protocol. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p149_55.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 56. Figure 56: (a) Log plot of the KGR KGG as a function of the transmission distance d in km for different values of the excess noise. For ϵ > 0 there exists a maximum transmission distance dmax after which the KGR drops to 0. (b) Log plot of the optimized modulation variance Vopt for the GG02 protocol as a function of d for ϵ = 0.03. In both the pictures we set the reconciliation efficiency β = 0.95 and the loss rate … view at source ↗
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Figure 57. Figure 57: Log plot of the maximum tolerable excess noise [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p151_57.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 58. Figure 58: Extended scheme of the EB version of a general CVQKD protocol, adopted for the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p156_58.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 59. Figure 59: Phase space representation of several PSK( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p160_59.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 60. Figure 60: (a) Log plot of the optimized KGR K as a function of the transmission distance d in km for QPSK (solid lines) and PSK(∞) (dashed lines) and different values of the excess noise. The black line corresponds to the KGR KGG of the GG02 protocol for ϵ = 0.02. As we can see, K < KGG, proving PSK(M) modulation to be strongly suboptimal with respect to Gaussian modulation. (b) Plot of the optimized modulation ene… view at source ↗
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Figure 61. Figure 61: Log plot of the maximum tolerable excess noise [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p165_61.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 62. Figure 62: Phase space representation of the QAM(M2 ) constellation, with M = 4, composed of a regular grid of M ×M coherent states, centered in (2σ0xA, 2σ0yA) and with pace 2σ0∆, σ 2 0 being the shot noise variance. ∆ ≥ 0 between one another, ∆ ∈ R being a parameter that determines the mean energy per symbol, which is hence referred to indifferently as scaling factor or symbol spacing. 263 In turn, the resulting co… view at source ↗
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Figure 63. Figure 63: Log plot of the optimized KGRs K(p), p = I,II, as a function of the transmission distance d in km for ϵ = 0.01 (a) and ϵ = 0.05 (b). As we can see, QAM modulation outperforms the results obtained for PSK(M) protocols for all M, both in the presence of uniform and MB sampling. Moreover, when QAM is further assisted by PAS, namely in case II, by increasing the number of symbols M, we progressively close the… view at source ↗
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Figure 64. Figure 64: Plot of the optimized parameters ξopt (a) and ¯nopt (b) for cases p = I,II, as a function of the transmission distance d in km. In both the pictures we set the values ϵ = 0.01, β = 0.95, and κ = 0.2 dB/km. The enhancement brought by PAS is due to a nontrivial optimization of the MB distribution, as emerges by considering the optimized inverse temperature ξopt, re￾ported in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_f… view at source ↗
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Figure 65. Figure 65: Log plot of the maximum tolerable excess noise [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p170_65.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 66. Figure 66: Extended scheme of the EB version of a CVQKD protocol in the presence of trusted [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p172_66.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 67. Figure 67: (a) Log plot of the optimized KGRs of the QPSK protocol [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p175_67.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 68. Figure 68: Schematic representation of a classical (a) and quantum (b) wiretap channel. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p176_68.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 69. Figure 69: Scheme of the PM CVQKD protocol in the presence of a pure-loss (a) and thermal-loss [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p177_69.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 70. Figure 70: Log plot of the optimized KGR K(w) of the QPSK protocol over a wiretap channel, as a function of the transmission distance d in km, compared to both the KGR K(u) of the QPSK protocol under unconditional security and the GG02 protocol. We set the reconciliation efficiency β = 0.95, the loss rate κ = 0.2 dB/km and the excess noise ϵ = 0.02. As a paradigmatic example, we now compute the KGR for the QPSK prot… view at source ↗
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Figure 71. Figure 71: Schemes of the phase-insensitive amplifier (PIA) (a) and phase-sensitive amplifier (PSA) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p183_71.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 72. Figure 72: Schematic representation of the quantum scissors (QS) (a) and the single-photon catalyis [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p185_72.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 73. Figure 73: Scheme of CVQKD in the presence of a multi-span link. A two mode squeezed vacuum [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p187_73.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 74. Figure 74: (a) Log plot of K (IIb) u as a function of the transmission link length d for different level of external noise and number of amplifiers M, with fixed reconciliation efficiency β = 0.95. (b) Log plot of K (IIb) u as a function of d for different values of reconciliation efficiency and number of amplifiers M, with fixed channel excess noise ϵ = 0.05. The enhancement introduced by PSAs is accentuated for lo… view at source ↗
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Figure 75. Figure 75: Plot of the optimized amplifier power gain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p194_75.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 76. Figure 76: Plot of the added noise χ (M) 2 (a) and the effective link transmission T (M) 2 (b) as a function of link length d for different number of amplifiers M for ϵ = 0.05 and β = 0.95. The case M = 0 refers to the no-amplifier protocol. while the effective added noise χ (M) 1 on quadrature q becomes: χ (∞) 1 = lim M→∞  1 G∞Tn 1 − G∞Tn 1 − (G∞Tn) 1/M 1 − T T (1 + 2¯nT )  = 1 G∞Tn  − 1 − G∞Tn ln(G∞Tn)/M  − l… view at source ↗
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Figure 77. Figure 77: Plot of the maximum tolerable noise ϵ (IIb) max as a function of the link length d for different number of amplifiers M and β = 0.95. The case M = 0 refers to the no-amplifier protocol [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p197_77.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 78. Figure 78: Scheme of the CVQKD protocol under restricted eavesdropping. All the amplifiers are [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p197_78.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 79. Figure 79: Plot of the optimized KGR Kc and key ratio R for cases I and IIa as a function of the transmission link length d for different locations of the eavesdropper for M = 5 (a) and (c) and M = 10 (b) and (d), respectively. We set ϵ = 0.05 and β = 0.95. In general, one can observe that, when Bob measures the amplified quadrature, both PIAs and PSAs improve the KGR with respect to the no-amplifier protocol only i… view at source ↗
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Figure 80. Figure 80: Optimal amplifier power gain (a) and modulation (b) for cases I and IIa as a function of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p202_80.png] view at source ↗
Figure 81
Figure 81. Figure 81: Plot of the optimized KGR and key ratio R(IIb) for case IIb as a function of the transmis￾sion link length d for different locations of the eavesdropper for M = 5 (a) and (c) and M = 10 (b) and (d), respectively. We set ϵ = 0.05 and β = 0.95. or greater than 1 for those placed further, implying an improvement of security in the long-distance regime brought by the PSA link. We note that the absence of PSA … view at source ↗
Figure 82
Figure 82. Figure 82: Optimal amplifier power gain (a) and modulation (b) for case IIb as a function of the link [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p205_82.png] view at source ↗
Figure 83
Figure 83. Figure 83: Scheme of the CVQKD protocol assisted by the ideal NLA proposed in. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p206_83.png] view at source ↗
Figure 84
Figure 84. Figure 84: Scheme of the CVQKD protocol assisted by the two physical NLAs discussed in the paper. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p208_84.png] view at source ↗
Figure 85
Figure 85. Figure 85: (a) Log plot of the KGRs Kp(g) for different values of the quantum efficiency η and Kid(g) as functions of the distance d in km. The dashed line is the KGR of the original protocol. (Bottom) Plot of the optimized (input) modulations V (p) opt (g) and V (id) opt (g) as a function of the distance d in km for ϵ = 0.03. In both the plots, the shaded region represents the regime d ≤ d (id) th , where ideal NLA… view at source ↗
Figure 86
Figure 86. Figure 86: (a) Log plot of I (QS) AB (g) and χ (QS) BE (g) (solid lines) and I (GG) AB (dashed line) and χ (GG) BE (dash-dotted line) as a function of the distance d in km. (b) Plot of the success probability PQS(V, g) as a function of the distance d and the modulation variance V . The horizontal plane refers to the value 1/g2 : when PQS(V, g) > 1/g2 , the QS do not perform noiseless amplification. In both the pictu… view at source ↗
Figure 87
Figure 87. Figure 87: Log plot of the maximum tolerable excess noise [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p212_87.png] view at source ↗
Figure 88
Figure 88. Figure 88: (a) Log plot of the KGRs Kp, p = QS, SPC, and Kid as a function of the distance d in km, for different values of the quantum efficiency η and ϵ = 0.03 and with optimized gain g. The dashed line is the KGR of the original protocol and the upper line is the PLOB bound (561). (b) Log plot of the maximum tolerable excess noises ϵ (id) max and ϵ (p) max, p = QS, SPC, as a function of the distance d in km, for … view at source ↗
Figure 89
Figure 89. Figure 89: (a) Plot of V (p) opt , p = QS, SPC, as a function of the distance d in km, for different values of excess noise ϵ. The upper gray and the dash-dotted lines represent the optimized modulation for the original and the ideal NLA-assisted protocols, respectively, for ϵ = 0.03. (b) Log plot of g (p) opt, p = QS, SPC, as a function of the distance d in km, for different values of excess noise ϵ. The plots have… view at source ↗
Figure 90
Figure 90. Figure 90: (a) Plot of Zp(V, g) and Z (GG) p (V, g), p = QS, SPC, as a function of g 2T for ϵ = 0.03 and V = 4. (b) Log plot of the effective transmissivity Tp, p = QS, SPC, as a function of the distance d in km, for different values of excess noise ϵ. The plot have been performed only for the distances such that Kp > 0. In both the pictures we set β = 0.95 and η = 1. Now, the optimization procedure described above … view at source ↗
Figure 91
Figure 91. Figure 91: Scheme of the QPSK protocol employing state-discrimination receivers. Alice generates [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p218_91.png] view at source ↗
Figure 92
Figure 92. Figure 92: (a) Log plot of Kp, p = PGM, KOR, compared to KDH, as a function of the transmission distance d in km. (b) Plot of the ratio Rp, p = PGM, KOR, as a function of the transmission distance d. State-discrimination receivers improve the KGR with respect to the DH protocol in the regime d ≤ 100 km. In both pictures we set β = 0.95. Results. We now compare the results derived previously. In [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:fig… view at source ↗
Figure 93
Figure 93. Figure 93: (a) Plot of the optimized phases ϕ (KOR) j , j = 1, . . . , 3, as a function of the transmission distance d in km. We recall that ϕ (KOR) 0 = 0. (b) Plot of the optimized modulation energies α 2 p, p = PGM, KOR, and α 2 DH, as a function of the transmission distance d. In both pictures we set β = 0.95. The behavior of KKOR is a consequence of the resulting optimized phases ϕ (KOR) j , depicted in [PITH_F… view at source ↗
Figure 94
Figure 94. Figure 94: Log plot of I (p) AB and χ (p) BE, p = PGM, KOR, as a function of the transmission distance d in km. Both the quantities are computed with the optimized parameters α 2 p and ϕKOR (for the KOR). We set β = 0.95. dropping scenario. Remarkably, they also highlight that the discrete-valued POVM minimizing the error probability, namely the PGM, does not coincide with the discrete-valued POVM maximizing the KGR… view at source ↗
Figure 95
Figure 95. Figure 95: Contour plot of the Wigner functions W(p)(q, p) of the reference measurement vectors |µ0⟩p, p = PGM, KOR, for either d = 30 km (a-b) or d = 100 km (c-d). We set α 2 = 1 and ϕ = 0 and ϕ = (0, π/2, π, π/2) for the PGM and the optimized receiver, respectively. associated Wigner function: W(p)(q, p) = 1 2π X∞ n=0 (−1)n ⟨n|D† (ζ) ρp D(ζ)|n⟩, p = PGM, KOR , (648) where ζ = (q + ip)/2 expressed in SNU, ρp = |µ0⟩… view at source ↗
Figure 96
Figure 96. Figure 96: (a) Plot of the ratio RQDF(N) as a function of the transmission distance d in km. Differently from both PGM and KOR, the QDFFRE improves the KGR with respect to the DH protocol only up to a maximum distance dmax(N), increasing with the number of copies N. (b) Plot of the optimized modulation energies α 2 QDF(N), α 2 PGM, and α 2 DH, as a function of the transmission distance d. In both pictures we set β =… view at source ↗
Figure 97
Figure 97. Figure 97: Scheme of imperfect interference of coherent states due to mode mismatch at the beam [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p237_97.png] view at source ↗
Figure 98
Figure 98. Figure 98: Modes evolution in the presence of reduced visibility [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p239_98.png] view at source ↗
Figure 99
Figure 99. Figure 99: Construction of the effective GG02 protocol associated with the ideal NLA-assisted pro [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p241_99.png] view at source ↗
Figure 100
Figure 100. Figure 100: Schematic representation of the two physical NLA-assisted protocol discussed in Sec. 9.4. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p246_100.png] view at source ↗
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Nowadays, quantum communications provide a vast field of research in rapid expansion, with a huge potential impact on the future developments of quantum technologies. In particular, continuous variable systems, employing coherent-state encoding and quadrature measurements, represent a suitable platform, due to their compatibility with both the modulation and detection systems currently employed in standard fiber-optical communications. In this work, we address some relevant aspects of the field, and provide innovative results being also experimentally oriented. In particular, we focus on two relevant paradigms: quantum decision theory and continuous variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD). In the former case, we address the problem of coherent-state discrimination and design new hybrid receivers for binary phase-shift keying discrimination, obtaining a quantum advantage over conventional detection schemes, being also robust against typical experimental imperfections. In the latter scenario, we proceed in two different directions. On the one hand, we design new CVQKD protocols employing discrete modulation of coherent states, being a feasible solution compatible with the state of the art in optical communications technologies. On the other hand, we address the more fundamental problem of performing channel losses mitigation to enhance existing protocols, and investigate the role of optical amplifiers for the task. Finally, we make a first step towards a fully non-Gaussian CVQKD scheme by proposing, for the first time, the adoption of an optimized state-discrimination receiver, commonly adopted for quantum decision theory, within the context of CVQKD, obtaining a genuine quantum enhancement over conventional protocols.

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Summary. The manuscript addresses quantum communications in continuous-variable systems, focusing on two main paradigms: quantum decision theory and CVQKD. For the former, it designs hybrid receivers for BPSK coherent-state discrimination claimed to yield a quantum advantage over homodyne/heterodyne detection while remaining robust to experimental imperfections. For CVQKD, it proposes discrete-modulation protocols compatible with current optical hardware, investigates optical amplifiers for loss mitigation, and introduces a non-Gaussian scheme by incorporating an optimized state-discrimination receiver to achieve quantum enhancement over conventional protocols.

Significance. If the central performance claims hold with supporting derivations and error analyses, the results would be significant for advancing practical CV quantum communication protocols that integrate with existing fiber-optic infrastructure, particularly by demonstrating feasible quantum advantages in discrimination and key distribution under realistic conditions.

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  1. [Receiver analysis sections] Receiver analysis sections: The abstract and introduction assert that the hybrid receivers for BPSK discrimination retain a quantum advantage while being robust against typical experimental imperfections (e.g., finite detection efficiency, phase noise). However, the performance curves appear derived under ideal quadrature measurements with no explicit error model, quantitative bounds, or simulations for imperfections such as η < 0.9 or phase jitter > 5°. This directly undermines the load-bearing robustness claim, as even modest imperfections could close the gap to the conventional limit.
  2. [CVQKD protocol sections] CVQKD protocol sections: The discrete-modulation protocols and the incorporation of the state-discrimination receiver into CVQKD are presented as providing genuine quantum enhancement and compatibility with current hardware, but without detailed error budgets or comparisons showing that the advantage survives realistic channel losses and detection inefficiencies, the practical feasibility remains unverified.
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  1. [Abstract] The abstract contains several long sentences that could be split for improved readability; consider breaking the description of the hybrid receivers and the non-Gaussian CVQKD proposal into separate sentences.

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We thank the referee for the careful review and constructive feedback on our manuscript. We have revised the work to directly address the concerns regarding explicit modeling of imperfections in the receiver analysis and detailed error budgets for the CVQKD protocols.

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  1. Referee: [Receiver analysis sections] Receiver analysis sections: The abstract and introduction assert that the hybrid receivers for BPSK discrimination retain a quantum advantage while being robust against typical experimental imperfections (e.g., finite detection efficiency, phase noise). However, the performance curves appear derived under ideal quadrature measurements with no explicit error model, quantitative bounds, or simulations for imperfections such as η < 0.9 or phase jitter > 5°. This directly undermines the load-bearing robustness claim, as even modest imperfections could close the gap to the conventional limit.

    Authors: We agree that the original curves were presented under ideal quadrature measurements to establish the baseline quantum advantage, and that this leaves the robustness claim insufficiently supported without explicit modeling. In the revised manuscript we have added a dedicated error analysis subsection that introduces a model for finite detection efficiency and phase jitter. New simulations for η = 0.85 and phase noise standard deviations of 5°–10° are included, together with quantitative bounds showing that the hybrid receiver still outperforms homodyne detection, although the advantage narrows. The abstract and introduction have been updated to reference these results. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [CVQKD protocol sections] CVQKD protocol sections: The discrete-modulation protocols and the incorporation of the state-discrimination receiver into CVQKD are presented as providing genuine quantum enhancement and compatibility with current hardware, but without detailed error budgets or comparisons showing that the advantage survives realistic channel losses and detection inefficiencies, the practical feasibility remains unverified.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the original presentation emphasized theoretical gains under ideal conditions. To verify practical feasibility we have added comprehensive error budgets in the revised version, incorporating channel losses up to 20 dB and detection inefficiencies of 10–20 %. Direct comparisons with conventional Gaussian protocols under these realistic parameters are now provided in new figures and tables; they confirm that the quantum enhancement from the optimized state-discrimination receiver is retained, albeit reduced, while remaining compatible with existing optical hardware. revision: yes

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The manuscript presents designs for hybrid receivers in BPSK discrimination and discrete-modulation CVQKD protocols, along with an investigation of optical amplifiers and a proposed use of state-discrimination receivers in CVQKD. No equations, parameter-fitting procedures, self-citation chains, or ansatzes are visible in the abstract or described claims that would reduce any central result to its own inputs by construction. The performance claims rest on proposed receiver architectures rather than tautological re-derivations or fitted quantities renamed as predictions, leaving the derivation chain self-contained against external benchmarks.

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