Adaptive Reconciliation for Experimental Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution Over a Turbulent Free-Space Optical Channel
Kadir Gümüş, João Frazão, Vincent van Vliet, Sjoerd van der Heide, Menno van den Hout, Aaron Albores-Mejía, Thomas Bradley, Chigo M. Okonkwo · 2024
We experimentally demonstrate adaptive reconciliation for continuous-variable quantum key distribution over a turbulent free-space optical channel. Additionally, we propose a method for optimising the reconciliation efficiency, increasing secret key rates by up to 8.1%.