Faint laser quantum key distribution: Eavesdropping exploiting multiphoton pulses

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 13 SPEC., 2001, Pages 2009-2021

  Félix, Stéphane ^a   Gisin, Nicolas ^a   Stefanov, André ^a   Zbinden, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL LINKS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; REFLECTOMETERS; SECURITY OF DATA;

EAVESDROPPING; FAINT LASER; MULTIPHOTON PULSES; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0035841898     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340110076437     Document Type: Article

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