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Twin-Field Quantum Network Coding for Multi-Party Key Distribution

By: Yuchen Liu,  Tao Shang and  Keyu Xiong  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/qic-2025-0027 | Journal eISSN: 3106-0544 | Journal ISSN: 1533-7146
Language: English
Page range: 488 - 508
Submitted on: Jul 4, 2025
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Accepted on: Sep 29, 2025
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Published on: Dec 31, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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