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Large-Alphabet Encoding Schemes for Floodlight Quantum Key Distribution

Quantum Physics 2018-08-15 v1
Authors: Quntao Zhuang , Zheshen Zhang , Jeffrey H. Shapiro
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Abstract

Floodlight quantum key distribution (FL-QKD) uses binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) of multiple optical modes to achieve Gbps secret-key rates (SKRs) at metropolitan-area distances. We show that FL-QKD's SKR can be doubled by using 32-ary PSK.

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quantum key distribution

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@article{arxiv.1702.02424,
  title  = {Large-Alphabet Encoding Schemes for Floodlight Quantum Key Distribution},
  author = {Quntao Zhuang and Zheshen Zhang and Jeffrey H. Shapiro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.02424},
  year   = {2018}
}

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2 pages, 2 figures

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