paper

Effects of depolarizing quantum channels on BB84 and SARG04 quantum cryptography protocols

arXiv:1002.2285 · doi:10.1134/S1054660X11150126

Abstract

We report experimental studies on the effect of the depolarizing quantum channel on weak-pulse BB84 and SARG04 quantum cryptography. The experimental results show that, in real world conditions in which channel depolarization cannot be ignored, BB84 should perform better than SARG04.

4 pages, 4 figures