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View SchemaContinuous variable quantum key distribution using polarization encoding and post selection
| Authors | Stefan Lorenz, Natalia Korolkova, Gerd Leuchs |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0403064 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0403064 |
Abstract
We present an experimental demonstration of a quantum key distribution protocol using coherent polarization states. Post selection is used to ensure a low error rate and security against beam splitting attacks even in the presence of high losses. Signal encoding and readout in polarization bases avoids the difficult task of sending a local oscillator with the quantum channel. This makes our setup robust and easy to implement. A shared key was established for losses up to 64%.
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