Round-robin differential quadrature phase-shift quantum key distribution
Zhou Chun1, 2, †, Zhang Ying-Ying1, 2, †, Bao Wan-Su1, 2, Li Hong-Wei1, 2, Wang Yang1, 2, Jiang Mu-Sheng1, 2
       

Setup of RRDQPS protocol. Alice’s laser emits a train of L pulses with interval T. She chooses one of {0, π/2, π, 3π/2} with an equal probability as phase shift and applies on each pulse. Bob splits the received train into two beams, and the longer arm of the interferometer passes through a phase modulator that incurs phase shift 0 or π/2.