Quantum communications and beyond

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1808, 2003, Pages 1507-1518

  Rarity, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quantum communications; Quantum cryptography; Quantum logic; Single photons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141957791     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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