After-pulse-discarding in single-photon detection to reduce bit errors in quantum key distribution

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1303-1309

  Yoshizawa, A ^a   Kaji, R ^a   Tsuchida, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; BACKSCATTERING; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ERROR ANALYSIS; FARADAY EFFECT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

QUANTUM BIT-ERROR RATE; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD); SINGLE PHOTON DETECTORS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0346747996     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001303     Document Type: Article

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