Practical quantum cryptography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5436, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-11

  Trifonov, Alexei ^a   Zavriyev, Anton ^a   Subacius, Darius ^a   Alléaume, Romain ^b   Roch, Jean François ^b  

^a MagiQ Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Quantum communication; Quantum cryptography; Single photon detection

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD); SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; WEAK COHERENT PULSES (WCP);

COHERENT LIGHT; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 10444222465     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542646     Document Type: Conference Paper

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