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Figure 1: Comparison between the rates (bits per relay use) of CV MDI QKD and DV MDI QKD versus total Alice–Bob distance (in fibre-equivalent at 0.2 dB per km) for different configurations of the relay.

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    Stefano Pirandola, Carlo Ottaviani, Gaetana Spedalieri & Samuel L. Braunstein

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