Continuous operation of a one-way quantum key distribution system over installed telecom fibre

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 660-665

  Yuan, Z L ^a   Shields, A J ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

ASYMMETRIC MARCHZENDER INTERFEROMETERS (AMZI); OPTICAL LAYOUT; PHOTON PHASE; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD);

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 13544277609     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000660     Document Type: Article

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