Proof-of-principle demonstration of measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution using polarization qubits

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Ferreira Da Silva, T ^a,b   Vitoreti, D ^a   Xavier, G B ^c   Do Amaral, G C ^a   Temporao G P ^a   Von Der Weid, J P ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELL STATE ANALYZERS; FULL POLARIZATION; OPTICAL-FIBER LINKS; POLARIZATION DRIFTS; POLARIZATION QUBITS; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOLS; WEAK COHERENT STATE;

OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84887554168     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.88.052303     Document Type: Article

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