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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
