Efficient reconciliation protocol for discrete-variable quantum key distribution

IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1879-1883

  Elkouss, David ^a   Leverrier, Anthony ^a   Alĺeaume, Romain ^a   Boutros, Joseph J ^b  

^a INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; BINARY SYMMETRIC CHANNEL; CORRELATED DATA; KEY AGREEMENT PROTOCOL; LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK CODES; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOLS; RECONCILIATION PROTOCOLS; SECRET KEY;

INFORMATION THEORY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 70449485057     PISSN: 21578102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISIT.2009.5205475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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