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Expanding useful degrees of freedom for more powerful quantum cryptography

Avery Thompson

Published Mar 11, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

Exploiting all of light’s degrees of freedom would enable faster, more secure communication, but getting there requires addressing multiple challenges.
DOI
10.1063/10.0025363

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