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European Conference on Optical Communication

Quantum Key Distribution without Basis Reconciliation

E. Park, M. S. Kim, Won-Ho Kye

Published Sep 1, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

We propose a new protocol for quantum key distribution without basis reconciliation. We show that the security level of the protocol against photon number splitting (PNS) attack is enhanced, relative to the BB84 protocol.
DOI
10.1109/ecoc.2006.4801369

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