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Discrete and continuous variables for measurement-device-independent quantum cryptography

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Figure 1: Secret key rate of DV MDI QKD versus CV MDI QKD.

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  1. Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 02139, Massachusetts, USA

    Feihu Xu

  2. Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Escuela de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación, University of Vigo, Vigo, E-36310, Spain

    Marcos Curty

  3. Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, Quantum Information Science Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, 37831-6418, Tennessee, USA

    Bing Qi

  4. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3G4, Ontario, Canada

    Li Qian & Hoi-Kwong Lo

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Xu, F., Curty, M., Qi, B. et al. Discrete and continuous variables for measurement-device-independent quantum cryptography. Nature Photon 9, 772–773 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2015.206

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