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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2018
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, ZA;
Andrew Forbes, Johannesburg, ZA;
Bienvenu Ndagano, Johannesburg, ZA;
Isaac Nape, Johannesburg, ZA;
Mitchell Cox, Johannesburg, ZA;
Carmelo Rosales-Guzman, Johannesburg, ZA;
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG, Johannesburg, ZA;
Abstract
This invention relates generally to a method and system for hybrid classical-quantum communication. The method comprises transmitting a single photon having a particular quantum state over a communication medium using a quantum mode set; and transmitting a classical light beam over the same communication medium using a classical mode set, wherein the classical and quantum mode sets comprise non-separable modes in common. The non-separable modes in common may be two degrees of freedom of a single photon or classical light and may thus be spatial modes in one or more indexes, and polarisation. The invention relates also to a system to implement the method accordingly.