Practical Realization of the Quantum Cryptography Protocol Exploiting Polarization Encoding in the Qutrits

Abstract

We propose and discuss a specific scheme allowing to realize a Quantum Cryptography qutrit protocol. This protocol exploits the polarization properties of single frequency and single spatial mode biphotons.

14 pages, 4 figures, 1 table

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