Quantum key distribution system clocked at 2 GHz

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3015-3020

  Gordon, Karen J ^a   Fernandez, Veronica ^a   Buller, Gerald S ^a   Rech, Ivan ^b   Cova, Sergio D ^b   Townsend, Paul D ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTRIC CLOCKS; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

FIBER OPTICS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS; PHOTON COUNTING; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD); TRANSMISSION DISTANCE;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 21244475609     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.003015     Document Type: Article

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