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Improving free-space continuous variable quantum key distribution with adaptive optics.
Mikhael T Sayat, Marcus Birch, Michael Copeland, Elisa Jager, Oliver Thearle, Francis Bennet, Ping Koy Lam, Nicholas J Rattenbury, John E Cater
Published: 202610.1038/s41598-026-36805-7
Abstract
A significant performance inhibitor of free-space continuous variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) is turbulence, which gives rise to wavefront phase and amplitude aberrations. We demonstrate that in a turbulent channel, during coherent state tra…
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