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Quantum Cryptography without Switching

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We propose a new coherent state quantum key distribution protocol that eliminates the need to randomly switch between measurement bases. This protocol provides significantly higher secret key rates with increased bandwidths than previous schemes that only make single quadrature measurements. It also offers the further advantage of simplicity compared to all previous protocols which, to date, have relied on switching.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0405105,
  title  = {Quantum Cryptography without Switching},
  author = {Christian Weedbrook and Andrew M. Lance and Warwick P. Bowen and Thomas Symul and Timothy C. Ralph and Ping Koy Lam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0405105},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, Submitted