Quantum key distribution with higher-order alphabets using spatially encoded qudits

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Walborn, S P ^a   Lemelle, D S ^a   Almeida, M P ^a   Ribeiro, P H Souto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR RATE; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERROR ANALYSIS; PHOTONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33644849940     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.090501     Document Type: Article

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