Continuous-variable QKD data reconciliation protocol based on concatenated Polar coding and multistage decoding

Xiaodong ZHOU; Sheng WANG; Tianbing ZHANG; Zongfu HU; Bao FENG; Hong XIAO

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007461.2022.03.012

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