Daylight quantum key distribution over 1.6 km

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 5652-5655

  Buttler, W T ^a   Hughes, R J ^a   Lamoreaux, S K ^a   Morgan, G L ^a   Nordholt, J E ^a   Peterson, C G ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CRYPTOGRAPHY; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTOR;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0033723833     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5652     Document Type: Article

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