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Quantum key distribution on composite photons, polarization qutrits

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Polarization states of a photon are the most natural degrees of freedom for encoding classical information bits. The two-dimensional space of states associated with polarization degrees of freedom of the photon is insufficient for many problems of information transfer with quantum states. We propose to use the polarization degrees of freedom of composite states of photons (polarization qutrits) for secret cryptographic key distribution.

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  1. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    S. P. Kulik & S. N. Molotkov

  2. Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 103025, Russia

    S. N. Molotkov

  3. Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432, Russia

    S. N. Molotkov

  4. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    I. V. Radchenko

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Original Russian Text © S.P. Kulik, S.N. Molotkov, I.V. Radchenko, 2012, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2012, Vol. 96, No. 5, pp. 367–373.

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Kulik, S.P., Molotkov, S.N. & Radchenko, I.V. Quantum key distribution on composite photons, polarization qutrits. Jetp Lett. 96, 336–341 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364012170080

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