Polarization-entangled light for quantum key distribution: How frequency spectrum and energy affect detection statistics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5815, Issue , 2005, Pages 13-26

  Myers, John M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency spectrum; Polarization entanglement; Quantum cryptography

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FREQUENCY SPECTRUM; LIGHT PULSES; POLARIZATION ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD);

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 27644483838     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.603473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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