Secure key exchange over 1.9km free-space range using quantum cryptography

Electronics Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 512-514

  Rarity, J G ^a   Gorman, P M ^a   Tapster, P R ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM OPTICS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SECURITY OF DATA;

FREE SPACE RANGE; LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITE; SECURE KEY EXCHANGE; TRANSMISSION LOSSES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0035848699     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20010334     Document Type: Article

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