Quantum Cryptography Experiment using Optical Devices

• Main Authors: Azahari, Nur Shahirah, Harun, Nur Ziadah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ijacsa 2023
• Subjects: T175-178 Industrial research. Research and development
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8785/1/J15772_c9e4ec00869a380df7a7b0cec08daba7.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8785/
• Institution: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

The study of quantum cryptography is one of the great interest. A straightforward and reliable quantum experiment is provided in this paper. A half wave plate in linearly polarized light makes up a simplified polarization rotator. The polarization rotates twice as much as the half wave plate's fast axis' angle with the polarization plane when the half wave plate is rotated. Here, an experiment of message sharing is conducted to demonstrate quantum communication between parties. The unitary transformation is performed step by step using half-wave plates represented by the Mueller matrix. A simulation created using Python programming has been used to test the proposed protocol's implementation. Python was chosen because it can mathematically imitate the quantum state of superposition.