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Free-space quantum signatures using heterodyne measurements

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Date
02/09/2016
Author
Croal, Callum
Peuntinger, Christian
Heim, Bettina
Khan, Imran
Marquardt, Christoph
Leuchs, Gerd
Wallden, Petros
Andersson, Erika
Korolkova, Natalia
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QC Physics
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Abstract
Digital signatures guarantee the authorship of electronic communications. Currently used "classical" signature schemes rely on unproven computational assumptions for security, while quantum signatures rely only on the laws of quantum mechanics to sign a classical message. Previous quantum signature schemes have used unambiguous quantum measurements. Such measurements, however, sometimes give no result, reducing the efficiency of the protocol. Here, we instead use heterodyne detection, which always gives a result, although there is always some uncertainty. We experimentally demonstrate feasibility in a real environment by distributing signature states through a noisy 1.6 km free-space channel. Our results show that continuous-variable heterodyne detection improves the signature rate for this type of scheme and therefore represents an interesting direction in the search for practical quantum signature schemes. For transmission values ranging from 100% to 10%, but otherwise assuming an ideal implementation with no other imperfections, the signature length is shorter by a factor of 2 to 10. As compared with previous relevant experimental realizations, the signature length in this implementation is several orders of magnitude shorter.
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Croal , C , Peuntinger , C , Heim , B , Khan , I , Marquardt , C , Leuchs , G , Wallden , P , Andersson , E & Korolkova , N 2016 , ' Free-space quantum signatures using heterodyne measurements ' , Physical Review Letters , vol. 117 , no. 10 , 100503 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.100503
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Physical Review Letters
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.100503
ISSN
0031-9007
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Journal article
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© 2016 American Physical Society. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.100503
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C. C. and N. K. acknowledge the support from the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The project was supported within the framework of the International Max Planck Partnership (IMPP) with Scottish Universities. E. A. acknowledges the support of EPSRC EP/M013472/1.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/9627

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