2025/07/24 by Nötzel, Janis, Seitz, Florian
#FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2507.18259
Arbitrarily varying channels offer a powerful framework for analyzing the robustness of quantum communication systems, especially for classical-quantum models, where the analysis displays strengths or weaknesses of specific signal constellations under generic attacks. In this work, we provide a coding theorem for a large class of practically relevant arbitrarily varying channel models. Namely, we give an explicit capacity formula for the lossy bosonic channel subject to semi-classical attacks, where an adversary injects semi-classical states into the transmission line. Mathematically, this is modeled via a beam-splitter setup, with transmitter and jammer controlling different input ports and the receiver observing one output port. We show how a recently conjectured new quantum entropy power inequality relates to our capacity formula.