Photon counting for quantum key distribution with Peltier cooled InGaAs/InP APDs

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 13 SPEC., 2001, Pages 1967-1981

  Stucki, Damien ^a   Ribordy, Grégoire ^a   Stefanov, André ^a   Zbinden, Hugo ^a   Rarity, John G ^b   Wall, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b S and E Division Defence Evaluation and Research Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PELTIER EFFECT; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; TIMING JITTER;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; DARK COUNT; PHOTON COUNTING; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; THERMOELECTRIC COOLING;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035841902     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340110069246     Document Type: Article

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