Automated 'plug & play' quantum key distribution

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 2116-2117

  Ribordy, G ^a   Gautier, J D ^a   Gisin, N ^a   Guinnard, O ^a   Zbinden, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BIT ERROR RATE; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PHOTODIODES; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

PLUG AND PLAY INTERFEROMETRIC SYSTEM; POLARIZATION CONTROLLER; QUANTUM BIT ERROR RATE; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 0032178451     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19981473     Document Type: Article

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