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Combining a quantum cryptographic protocol with a highly efficient cold-atom-based quantum memory

Félix Garreau de Loubresse, Hadriel Mamann, Thomas Nieddu, Félix Hoffet, Mathieu Bozzio, Iordanis Kerenidis, Eleni Diamanti, Alban Urvoy, Julien Laurat

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report the first demonstration of a quantum cryptographic protocol incorporating a quantum memory layer. The protocol imposes strigent requirements on the memory storage-and-retrieval efficiency and on the error rate of the communication.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2025.qm4a.2

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