Estimates for practical quantum cryptography

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3301-3319

  Lütkenhaus, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 0001619342     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3301     Document Type: Article

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