Secure key distribution system based on quantum cryptography

Electronics Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 809-811

  Townsend, P D ^a  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptography; Light interferometry; Quantum optics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CRYPTOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SECURITY OF DATA; SIGNAL ENCODING;

PARITY CHECKS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM OPTICS; SECURE KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0028428439     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19940558     Document Type: Article

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