High-rate quantum key distribution at short wavelength: Performance analysis and evaluation of silicon single photon avalanche diodes

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2251-2269

  Ghioni, Massimo ^a   Giudice, Andrea ^a   Cova, Sergio ^a   Zappa, Franco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM OPTICS; SILICON; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES (SPAD);

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 1542375021     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340308234577     Document Type: Article

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