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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Multiple-access channel with a single photon

Yujie Zhang, Xinan Chen, Eric Chitambar, Virginia O. Lorenz

Published Jan 1, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present and experimentally demonstrate a quantum-enhanced multiple-access channel consisting of multiple senders, a single receiver and a single particle as the medium. A Bell-type inequality violation and greater capacity rate sum are observed.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2022.jtu3a.16

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