Secure optical communications systems using quantum cryptography

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1708, 1996, Pages 805-817

  Townsend, Paul D ^a   Marand, C ^a   Phoenix, S J D ^a   Blow, K J ^a   Barnett, S M ^b  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042925540     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1996.0033     Document Type: Article

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