Title :
Symmetric noise-immune quantum key distribution
Author :
Walton, Z.D. ; Sergienko, A.V. ; Saleh, E.A. ; Teich, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., MA
Abstract :
We present quantum key distribution schemes that are symmetric (Alice and Bob receive photons from a central source, and thus may have passive setups) and noise-immune (require no alignment) for both polarization and phase qubits
Keywords :
optical communication; quantum computing; quantum cryptography; quantum optics; phase qubits; polarization; symmetric noise-immune quantum key distribution;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4