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Quantum key distribution with single-particle and Bell state

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A quantum key distribution protocol with single-particle and Bell state is proposed, in which one player Alice sends the states from some special single-particles and Bell states, the other player Bob measures these states in the single-particle basis or Bell basis, and then establish their secret key. Through combining the single-particle and Bell state novelly, the error rate of eavesdropping in our protocol can be increased up to \( \frac{3}{8} \). Compared to BB84, our protocol can get higher secure key rate in practice.

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This study is supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61602247) and Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20160840).

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  1. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China

    Huawang Qin

  2. Wuhan Maritime Communication Research Institute, Wuhan, 430205, China

    Hao Xu

  3. Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Wallace K. S. Tang

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Qin, H., Xu, H. & Tang, W.K.S. Quantum key distribution with single-particle and Bell state. Opt Quant Electron 52, 338 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-020-02451-0

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