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Software bundle for data post-processing in a quantum key distribution experiment

Notz, Pascal Markus ; Nikiforov, Oleg ; Walther, Thomas (2020)
Software bundle for data post-processing in a quantum key distribution experiment.
doi: 10.25534/tuprints-00014042
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Item Type: Report
Type of entry: Primary publication
Title: Software bundle for data post-processing in a quantum key distribution experiment
Language: English
Date: 2020
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
DOI: 10.25534/tuprints-00014042
Abstract:

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is an innovative technology which has reached its threshold for commercial use. A growing number of research groups and companies around the world implement QKD experiments. For educational purposes, we present a post-processing software bundle for a QKD experiment carried out in our research group. The software manages the readout from a time-tagger, sifting, error correction and privacy amplification of the exchanged key. For error correction, we employ LDPC codes with the sum-product decoding algorithm, provided by R. Neal. For privacy amplification, Toeplitz matrices are used. The software code can be found at: https://git.rwth-aachen.de/oleg.nikiforov/qkd-tools

URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-140426
Classification DDC: 500 Science and mathematics > 530 Physics
Divisions: 05 Department of Physics > Institute of Applied Physics
05 Department of Physics > Institute of Applied Physics > Laser und Quantenoptik
Date Deposited: 05 Oct 2020 12:21
Last Modified: 22 Aug 2022 15:00
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/14042
PPN: 470891858
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