• 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