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Photon-Efficient High-Dimensional Quantum Key Distribution

Published

Author(s)

Tian Zhong, Hongchao Zhou, Ligong Wang, Gregory Wornell, Zheshen Zhang, Jeffrey Shapiro, Franco N. Wong, Rob Horansky, Varun Verma, Adriana Lita, Richard Mirin, Thomas Gerrits, Sae Woo Nam, Alessandro Restelli, Joshua Bienfang, Francesco Marsili, Matthew Shaw

Abstract

We demonstrate two high-dimensional QKD protocols - secure against collective Gaussian attacks - yielding up to 8.6 secure bits per photon and 6.7 Mb/s throughput, with 6.9 bits per photon after transmission through 20 km of fiber.
Proceedings Title
CLEO:2014 Technical Digest
Conference Dates
June 8-13, 2014
Conference Location
San Jose, CA, US
Conference Title
CLEO: QELS—Fundamental Science

Keywords

(270.5565) Quantum communications, (270.5585) Quantum information and processing, (270.0270) Quantum optics.

Citation

Zhong, T. , Zhou, H. , Wang, L. , Wornell, G. , Zhang, Z. , Shapiro, J. , Wong, F. , Horansky, R. , Verma, V. , Lita, A. , Mirin, R. , Gerrits, T. , Nam, S. , Restelli, A. , Bienfang, J. , Marsili, F. and Shaw, M. (2014), Photon-Efficient High-Dimensional Quantum Key Distribution, CLEO:2014 Technical Digest, San Jose, CA, US, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2014.JTh2A.119 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created June 11, 2014, Updated October 12, 2021