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Quantum Information Processing

Measurement-device-independent continuous variable semi-quantum key distribution protocol

Yi‐Hua Zhou, Shu-Fen Qin, Wei-Min Shi, Yu‐Guang Yang

Published Aug 20, 2022• 10 citations
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10.1007/s11128-022-03626-2

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