Interferometry with Faraday mirrors for quantum cryptography

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 586-588

  Zbinden, H ^a   Gautier, J D ^a   Gisin, N ^a   Huttner, B ^a   Muller, A ^a   Tittel, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Quantum cryptography

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SECURITY OF DATA;

FARADAY MIRRORS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031098826     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970427     Document Type: Article

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