%0 Journal Article
%T Six-State Symmetric Quantum Key Distribution Protocol
%A Makhamisa Senekane
%A Mhlambululi Mafu
%A Francesco Petruccione
%J Journal of Quantum Information Science
%P 33-40
%@ 2162-576X
%D 2015
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jqis.2015.52005
%X We propose and demonstrate an optical implementation of a quantum key
distribution protocol, which uses three-non-orthogonal states and six states in
total. The proposed scheme improves the protocol that is proposed by Phoenix,
Barnett and Chefles [J. Mod. Opt. 47, 507 (2000)]. An additional feature, which
we introduce in our scheme, is that we add another detection set; where each
detection set has three non-orthogonal states. The inclusion of an additional
detection set leads to improved symmetry, increased eavesdropper detection and
higher security margin for our protocol.
%K Quantum Key Distribution
%K QKD
%K Symmetric
%K Protocol
%K Six-State
%K Quantum
%K PBC00
%K Optical Implementation
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=56731