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Photonic Orbital Angular Momentum for Novel Protocols in QKD and Certified Deletion

Felix Hufnagel, Mikka Stasiuk, Xiaoqin Gao, Frédéric Bouchard, Anne Broadbent, Khabat Heshami, Ebrahim Karimi

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

We have shown the versatility of orbital angular momentum by performing two new quantum communication protocols: a high-dimensional extension to the two-dimensional round robin differential phase shift QKD, and high-dimensional quantum encryption with certified deletion.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2023.qtu3a.31

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