Scrambled Time-Bin Encoding for Efficient High-Dimensional Quantum Key Distribution
- 1 January 2022
- conference paper
- Published by Optica Publishing Group
- Vol. 61, AM3D.2
Abstract
We propose analyze and demonstrate a novel high-dimensional quantum key distribution protocol. We implement the protocol using a software update in a standard two-dimensional system and observe a twofold enhancement in the secure key rate.Keywords
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