Accessible information of a general quantum Gaussian ensemble
A. S. Holevo
Accessible information, which is a basic quantity in quantum information
theory, is computed for a general quantum Gaussian ensemble under certain
"threshold condition". It is shown that the maximizing measurement is Gaussian,
constituting a far-reaching generalization of the optical heterodyning. This
substantially extends the previous result concerning the gauge-invariant case,
even for a single bosonic mode.