Quantum noise protected data encryption in a WDM network

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1573-1575

  Liang, Chuang ^a   Kanter, Gregory S ^a   Corndorf, Eric ^a   Kumar, Prem ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data encryption; Quantum cryptography

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DATA ENCRYPTION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING NETWORK;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 23844443512     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.848264     Document Type: Article

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