Quantum key distribution at 1550 nm with twin superconducting single-photon detectors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Hadfield, Robert H ^a   Habif, Jonathan L ^b   Schlafer, John ^b   Schwall, Robert E ^a   Nam, Sae Woo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BBN TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD); RECOVERY TIMES; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTION; SUPERCONDUCTING DETECTORS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTODETECTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TIMING JITTER;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845767480     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2405870     Document Type: Article

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