Gaussian postselection and virtual noiseless amplification in continuous-variable quantum key distribution

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Fiurášek, Jaromír ^a   Cerf, Nicolas J ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; EXCESS NOISE; FILTERING OPERATIONS; GAUSSIANS; POST-PROCESSING STAGES; QUANTUM STATE; SECURITY PROOFS;

AMPLIFICATION;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84871777050     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.86.060302     Document Type: Article

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