Quantum key distribution without a shared reference frame

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Authors

C. E. R. Souza · Universidade Federal Fluminense

C. V. S. Borges · Universidade Federal Fluminense

A. Z. Khoury · Universidade Federal Fluminense

J. A. O. Huguenin · Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda

Leandro Aolita · Universidade Federal Fluminense

S. P. Walborn · Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

We report a simple quantum-key-distribution experiment in which Alice and Bob do not need to share a common polarization direction in order to send information. Logical qubits are encoded into nonseparable states of polarization and first-order transverse spatial modes of the same photon.

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Quantum Information and Cryptography Quantum Mechanics and Applications Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture

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Published in: Physical Review A

Volume 77, Issue 3

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.77.032345

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