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Continuous Variable Quantum Communication and Computation

Ulrik L. Andersen, Ruifang Dong, Miroslav Ježek, Amine Laghaout, Mikael Lassen, Lars S. Madsen, Anders Tipsmark

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

We use squeezed states of light to implement a robust continuous variable quantum key distribution scheme and an optical Hadamard gate based on coherent state qubits.
DOI
10.1364/qels.2011.qtht1

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