DocumentCode
515618
Title
Passive decoy state quantum key distribution with coherent light
Author
Curty, Marcos ; Ma, Xiongfeng ; Qi, Bing ; Moroder, Tobias ; Lütkenhaus, Norbert
Author_Institution
Dept. of Signal Theor. & Commun., Univ. of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
fYear
2010
fDate
21-25 March 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We propose a simple method for passive preparation of decoy states in quantum key distribution with coherent light. It involves linear optics together with a photo-detector. The performance is comparable to the active decoy schemes.
Keywords
light coherence; photodetectors; quantum cryptography; coherent light; decoy states; passive preparation; photodetector; quantum key distribution; Distributed computing; Optical attenuators; Optical receivers; Physics computing; Pulse modulation; Quantum computing; Quantum mechanics; Statistical distributions; Telecommunication computing; Telecommunication standards;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-884-1
Type
conf
Filename
5465327
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