Quantum key distribution using two coherent states of light and their superposition

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 012312-012311

  Nambu, Yoshihiro ^a   Tomita, Akihisa ^a   Chiba Kohno, Yoshie ^a   Nakamura, Kazuo ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PHOTONS; SECURITY OF DATA;

INTERFERENCE FRINGES; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0034229624     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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