scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessJournal ArticleDOI

Experimental demonstration of long-distance continuous-variable quantum key distribution

Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
A detection system based on homodyne detectors is developed to achieve an unprecedented level of stability and new codes tailored to perform secure communication optimally in a range of signal-to-noise ratios corresponding to long distances.
Abstract
Researchers demonstrate continuous-variable quantum key distribution over 80 km of optical fibre. They develop a detection system based on homodyne detectors to achieve an unprecedented level of stability and implement new codes tailored to perform secure communication optimally in a range of signal-to-noise ratios corresponding to long distances.

read more

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Secure quantum key distribution

TL;DR: An overview is given of the state-of-the-art research into secure communication based on quantum cryptography, together with its assumptions, strengths and weaknesses.
Journal ArticleDOI

Overcoming the rate-distance limit of quantum key distribution without quantum repeaters.

TL;DR: This work introduces an alternative scheme for QKD whereby pairs of phase-randomized optical fields are first generated at two distant locations and then combined at a central measuring station, enabling a form of quantum key distribution that can exceed the secret-key capacity without using quantum repeaters and that has security independent of the measuring devices.
Journal ArticleDOI

Secure quantum key distribution with realistic devices

TL;DR: This review gives both sides of the story, with the current best theory of quantum security, and an extensive survey of what makes quantum cryptosystem safe in practice.
Journal ArticleDOI

Practical challenges in quantum key distribution

TL;DR: Before QKD can be widely adopted, it faces a number of important challenges such as secret key rate, distance, size, cost and practical security, according to a survey of key challenges.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Quantum information and computation

TL;DR: In information processing, as in physics, the classical world view provides an incomplete approximation to an underlying quantum reality that can be harnessed to break codes, create unbreakable codes, and speed up otherwise intractable computations.
Journal ArticleDOI

The security of practical quantum key distribution

TL;DR: Essential theoretical tools that have been developed to assess the security of the main experimental platforms are presented (discrete- variable, continuous-variable, and distributed-phase-reference protocols).
Journal ArticleDOI

Quantum Repeaters: The Role of Imperfect Local Operations in Quantum Communication

TL;DR: This work presents a scheme of a quantum repeater that connects a string of (imperfect) entangled pairs of particles by using a novel nested purification protocol, thereby creating a single distant pair of high fidelity.
Journal ArticleDOI

Gaussian quantum information

TL;DR: This review focuses on continuous-variable quantum information processes that rely on any combination of Gaussian states, Gaussian operations, and Gaussian measurements, including quantum communication, quantum cryptography, quantum computation, quantum teleportation, and quantum state and channel discrimination.

Gaussian quantum information

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the state of the art in continuous-variable quantum information processing can be found, ranging from the basic theoretical tools and landmark experimental realizations to the most recent successful developments.
Related Papers (5)