This paper proposes a generalized multi‐stage multi‐photon protocol that uses arbitrary
polarization states to securely communicate between a sender and a receiver. Because the …

This dissertation presents a study of the security and performance of a quantum
communication system using multi-stage multi-photon tolerant protocols. Multi-stage …

This paper proposes a quantum secure communication protocol using multiple photons to
represent each bit of a message to be shared. The multi-photon tolerant approach to …

This chapter generalizes the three-stage protocol into a family of multi-stage protocols. It
compares the multi-stage protocol with single-photon protocols and illustrates how a multi …

This chapter introduces the three-stage multi-photon protocol, its operation and
implementation in a laboratory environment. The implementation uses free-space optics as …