information-reconciliation 1.0.0

Information Reconciliation Library for Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution Systems

Information Reconciliation Library for CV-QKD Systems

This C++ library provides a comprehensive set of tools for information reconciliation, specifically designed for continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) systems. The library also includes Python bindings, enabling seamless integration with Python and MATLAB environments.

Documentation

For detailed information on installation, library usage, and implementation details, please refer to our comprehensive documentation: Library Documentation.

Research Article

This library is built upon the principles and methodologies detailed in our associated research article. For a deeper understanding of the library's foundations, we encourage you to review the publication: Research Article.

Licensing

This project is open-source and distributed under the terms of the GPL-3.0 License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the repository.

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the following contributions and support:

• Funding support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant number 16KISQ056 (DE-QOR).

• The C++ example provided in the library utilizes the cxx_argp library for command-line input parsing, which is available under the LGPL3 license.

Citation:

If you use this library in your research, please cite our work as follows:

E. E. Cil and L. Schmalen, "An open-source library for information reconciliation in continuous-variable QKD," *Proc. International Conference on Quantum Cryptography (QCRYPT)*, Vigo, Spain, Sep. 2024

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