DocumentCode
2882337
Title
Single photon quantum key distribution with continuous variables
Author
Zhang, Lijian ; Walmsley, Ian A. ; Silberhorn, Christine
Author_Institution
Clarendon Lab., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We propose a quantum key distribution scheme using the spatial properties of the entangled photon pairs generated from parametric downconversion. The security of this scheme is guaranteed by the distributed entanglement.
Keywords
quantum cryptography; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; distributed entanglement; entangled photon pairs; parametric downconversion; single photon quantum key distribution; Cryptography; Detectors; Information rates; Laboratories; Mutual information; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Photonic crystals; Protocols; Quantum entanglement; (270.0270) Quantum Optics; (999.9999) Quantum information processing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628904
Filename
4628904
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