Table 2 Alice’s (or Bob’s) basis assignment on the paired locations i and j.

From: Mode-pairing quantum key distribution

 

μi

   
  

0

ν

μ

μj

    

0

 

‘0’

Z

Z

ν

 

Z

X

‘discard’

μ

 

Z

‘discard’

X

  1. Based on the intensities μi and μj on the i-th and j-th location, Alice (or Bob) assign the basis to be either X, Z, ‘0’, or ‘discard’.
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