Secure communications using quantum cryptography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3076, Issue , 1997, Pages 2-11

  Hughes, Richard J ^a   Buttler, William T ^a   Kwiat, Paul G ^a   Luther, Gabriel G ^a   Morgan, George L ^a   Nordholt, Jane E ^a   Peterson, C Glen ^a   Simmons, Charles M ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interferometry; Optical communications; Quantum cryptography

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; ERROR DETECTION; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MATERIALS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM THEORY; TRANSMISSIONS;

ERROR RATE (ER); FIBER COMMUNICATIONS; FIBER PATHS; KEY DISTRIBUTIONS; KEY GENERATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS; PHOTON INTERFERENCE; PHOTON STATES; QUANTUM-KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD); RANDOM SEQUENCING; SECURE COMMUNICATIONS; THRESHOLD VALUE(T); UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0342392755     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.277644     Document Type: Conference Paper

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