Path-length control in a interferometric QKD link

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5105, Issue , 2003, Pages 26-38

  Elliott, Brig B ^a   Pikal, Oleksiy ^a   Schlafer, John ^a   Troxel, Greg ^a  

^a BBN TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Path length control; Quantum cryptography; Quantum key distribution

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; PHOTONS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS;

QUANTUM CHANNELS; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0344513417     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.487541     Document Type: Conference Paper

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