Optimal receiver for quantum cryptography with two coherent states

Authors
Banaszek, K
Citation
K. Banaszek, Optimal receiver for quantum cryptography with two coherent states, PHYS LETT A, 253(1-2), 1999, pp. 12-15
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
03759601 → ACNP
Volume
253
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
12 - 15
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(19990315)253:1-2<12:ORFQCW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A setup for discriminating between arbitrary two coherent states of a singl e light mode with the highest success rate allowed by quantum mechanics is presented. Its application to time-multiplexed quantum key distribution is discussed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.