Title :
Passive autocompensating quantum cryptography
Author :
Walton, Z.D. ; Abouraddy, A.F. ; Sergienko, Alexander V. ; Saleh, B.E.A. ; Teich
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., MA, USA
Abstract :
A new quantum cryptography scheme is presented that combines passive detection and autocompensation, two desirable features that have hitherto only been demonstrated in separate implementations. A practical implementation based on a well-known down-conversion source is proposed.
Keywords :
compensation; quantum cryptography; quantum optics; autocompensation; down-conversion source; passive detection; quantum cryptography; Cryptography; Data mining; Distributed computing; Entropy; Error correction; Information theory; Mutual information; Propagation losses; Protocols; Quantum computing;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314261
