High-dimensional quantum key agreement protocol with pairs of single qudits

In this paper, we propose a high-dimensional quantum key agreement protocol where the key is encoded by pairs of single qudits which are chosen from d-level mutually unbiased bases. A security analysis is also given to show it is secure against most of the existing attacks. This protocol is useful in practice and has a higher information transmission ability because it uses high-dimensional quantum information carries.

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