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Multi-Photon Entanglement Concentration and Quantum Cryptography

Gabriel A. Durkin, Christoph Simon, Dik Bouwmeester

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0109132

Abstract

Multi-photon states from parametric down-conversion can be entangled both in polarization and photon number. Maximal high-dimensional entanglement can be concentrated from these states via photon counting. This makes them natural candidates for quantum key distribution, where the presence of more than one photon per detection interval has up to now been considered as undesirable. We propose a simple multi-photon protocol for the case of low losses and point out the robustness of the entanglement under photon loss.

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