Title :
Improvement of continuous-variable quantum key distribution system by using a practical noiseless linear amplifier
Author :
Yi-Chen Zhang ; Song Yu ; Wanyi Gu
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We propose a practical modified continuous-variable quantum key distribution system to improve the secret key rate over long transmission distance by inserting a practical noiseless linear amplifier at the output of quantum channel.
Keywords :
amplifiers; quantum cryptography; telecommunication channels; continuous-variable quantum key distribution system; practical noiseless linear amplifier; quantum channel; Detectors; Educational institutions; Noise; Photonics; Protocols; Security; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.W2A.38
