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Quantum Information Processing

Experimental quantum digital signature based on heralded single-photon sources

Lei Zhan, Chunhui Zhang, Nan Lu, Xue-Rui Qian, Hua-Jian Ding, Jing-Yang Liu, Xingyu Zhou, Qin Wang

Published Jan 17, 2024• 3 citations
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10.1007/s11128-023-04235-3

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