DocumentCode
1770422
Title
Photon-efficient high-dimensional quantum key distribution
Author
Tian Zhong ; Hongchao Zhou ; Ligong Wang ; Wornell, Gregory ; Zheshen Zhang ; Shapiro, Jeffrey ; Wong, Franco N. C. ; Horansky, Rob ; Verma, Vimlesh ; Lita, Adriana ; Mirin, Richard P. ; Gerrits, Thomas ; Sae Woo Nam ; Restelli, Alessandro ; Bienfang, Jos
Author_Institution
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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.
Keywords
Gaussian distribution; optical fibre communication; quantum cryptography; quantum optics; QKD protocols; collective Gaussian attacks; high-dimensional quantum key distribution; photon efficiency; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Photonics; Protocols; Throughput;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6988908
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